[pcre-dev] [Bug 1049] Add support for UTF-16

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Author: Philip Hazel
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Subject: [pcre-dev] [Bug 1049] Add support for UTF-16
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http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1049




--- Comment #51 from Philip Hazel <ph10@???> 2012-01-05 16:53:56 ---
On Wed, 4 Jan 2012, Zoltan Herczeg wrote:

> Single or dual library?
>
> At the moment we have two libraries: libpcre and libpcre16. It was essential
> when the library was splitted (due to testing) but I realized we could merge
> them to a single one now.
>
> Pro:
> - share tables among them, like unicode tables
> - we have a single pcre.h header as well
> Cont:
> - it feels less tidy


Also cont: for those environments where both libraries are build but
static builds are used, applications that use only one library will be
bigger (essentially double the library size).

Philip


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