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From:
Zefram
Date:
February 21, 2017 03:56
Subject:
Re: Proposal: Rename utf8::is_utf8() to utf8::is_upgraded()
Message ID:
20170221035557.GP6573@fysh.org
Karl Williamson wrote:
>The problem for me is that 'upgraded' is overloaded.  sv_upgrade() 'upgrades'
>but has nothing to do with this really.

Ah, so it is.  That's unfortunate.  But the usage supplied by
sv_upgrade() is much less prevalent than the usage concerned with
string representation.  If the clash needs to be resolved, it should
probably be done by renaming sv_upgrade(), not by changing or avoiding
the string-related usage.

>I have found this confusing

I haven't.

-zefram
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