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Re: Proposal: Rename utf8::is_utf8() to utf8::is_upgraded()

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Ricardo Signes
Date:
February 26, 2017 01:49
Subject:
Re: Proposal: Rename utf8::is_utf8() to utf8::is_upgraded()
Message ID:
20170226014846.GA26938@debian
* Sawyer X <xsawyerx@gmail.com> [2017-02-21T06:50:16]
> On 02/21/2017 01:07 AM, Zefram wrote:
> > Kent Fredric wrote:
> >> Though that said, I think we can find a clearer name than "is_upgraded"
> > I think that's the best possible name.  The "upgraded"/"downgraded"
> > terminology for describing the flag state is the only one we have that
> > doesn't give a misleading impression of its significance.  Hence my use
> > of that terminology in Scalar::String.
> 
> What do you think about Leon's suggestion of is_multibyte?

In the past, I have suggested uses_wide_storage.

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rjbs
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