...correctly. But any conclusion is wrong, that UTF8 output from D cannot appear on the...

...applied simply by assuming the content is utf8.


Right on. Such things are very much...

...Some characters use 32 bits in UTF16.

UTF8:  1, 2, 3, and 4 byte characters...

...readonly char[] utf8();". The upside here is that the class could 'cache' the utf8 transcoding...

...a convenience for transcoding", such as adding .utf8 .utf16 and .utf32 properties as appropriate. That...

...your own code:

utf8 foo(utf16 param) { return param.asUTF8; }
utf32 bar(utf8 param) { return...

...needs are properties to convert it to utf8 and utf16. Wait! You don't need...

...types).

Ok. But I thought you said utf8[] is implicitely converted to utf16[]. Then it...

...a certain type, eg.

ubyte[]  b = foo.utf8;
ushort[] s = foo.utf16;
uint[]   i = foo...

...char(utf8) anymore, and I think there's quite a difference between "char[]" and "utf8...