Windows API and wide/unicode strings

[cdbc]

Hi
I often use shortstrings across library borders for convenience and pchar for longer strings. I have a couple of routines for easy switching between string & pchar, it's sort of a mix  A while ago I posted a "StringStack" in one of @Joanna's threads, that class has all the string/pchar functions in it, see if you can find it 
This nifty mix makes my life easier, at least 
Regards Benny 

[Thaddy]

A stringstack for any string type is available through any of the generics modes and is basically a one liner.....

[cdbc]

Hi
Well, I guess Joanna had special needs, then...
Regards Benny

[Thaddy]

Yes.

Code: Pascal  [Select][+][-]

1. program stringstest;
2. {$mode delphi}
3. uses generics.collections;
4. type
5.  TShortStringStack = TStack<ShortString>;// one line
6.  TUnicodeStringStack = TStack<UnicodeString>;// one line
7.  TAnsiStringStack = TStack<AnsiString>;// one line
8. // etc.
9. begin
10. end.

So I really wonder what somebody was smoking...

[cdbc]

Hi
@Thaddy: ...But Mom, I Swear.. it's oregano. 
...and the code was just using some strnew/strdispose, etc stuff
Regards Benny

[Nadar]

I'm kind of "clinging" to the statement found on the mailing list here: https://www.mail-archive.com/fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org/msg42244.html

Best for me would be to be able to turn the conversions off completely.

You cannot, but you can set DefaultSystemCodePage to CP_UTF8.
Then no conversions will be done for all ansistrings that contain UTF8.

IF this is actually true, there should be a way.

Oregano aside, this is the question I really need an answer to. I can try to test if it's true, but it's very hard to make sure that I cover "all options". What would be very much easier is if somebody could confirm that it's indeed the case.