> On Sep 3, 2021, at 10:24 AM, Paul LeoNerd Evans <leonerd@leonerd.org.uk> wrote: > > On Wed, 18 Aug 2021 13:18:34 -0400 > Felipe Gasper <felipe@felipegasper.com> wrote: > >> PROPOSAL: Rename the following identifiers in code and documentation, >> leaving macros for the old ones as aliases: >> - SVf_UTF8 -> SVf_PVUPGRADED >> - SvUTF8 -> Sv_PVUPGRADED >> - SvUTF8_on -> Sv_PVUPGRADED_on >> - SvUTF8_off -> Sv_PVUPGRADED_off >> - SvPOK_only_UTF8 -> SvPOK_only_UPGRADED > > This got briefly mentioned as a side-comment on PSC today. > > Thoughts are "What about WIDE"? As in > > SVf_WIDE (though really I'd want to call that SVppv_WIDE) > SvWIDE > SvWIDE_on > etc... IMO it would at least improve on status quo. My only reservation would be potential confusion with the notion of “wide character” (anything >255); someone might see that flag and think it means there’s a wide character in the string or some such. -FThread Previous | Thread Next