Re: Apple changed documentation for -[NSString stringByExpandingTildeInPath]

[Sheldon Gill]

Philippe C.D. Robert wrote:
> On May 6, 2005, at 10:10 PM, Markus Hitter wrote:
>
> > P.S.: All the methods handling C strings are in the depreceated  
> > section now.
>
> That is not quite true, actually many of them are replaced by methods  
> taking an encoding parameter in addition. E.g. cString becomes  
> cStringUsingEncoding: and so on.

That is right. As I see it, they are rightly trying to move things 
forward for better internationalisation.

If you use a C string it needs to have a specific encoding.

Relying on a "default" encoding and using a C string isn't a good idea. 
In the modern unix world you are much better off using UTF8 strings.
In the modern windows world it should all be UTF16

I'm working on string methods now as part of my path & win32 effort, if 
anyone is interested.


Regards,
Sheldon