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Re:TypeScript 5.0 by modeless on Thursday March 16, 2023 @04:26PM (#35187981)
If you're breaking backwards compatibility then my number one request is replacing UTF-16 with UTF-8 for strings and nothing else comes close.
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Re:TypeScript 5.0 by yencabulator on Thursday March 16, 2023 @05:47PM (#35189194)
You're asking Microsoft to undo a very Microsoft oddity that Microsoft seems to use just about everywhere. Good luck!
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Re:TypeScript 5.0 by modeless on Thursday March 16, 2023 @06:34PM (#35189833)
Windows finally added a UTF-8 locale. Sanity may yet prevail!
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Re:TypeScript 5.0 by NoInkling on Thursday March 16, 2023 @11:12PM (#35192511)
> undo a very Microsoft oddity

I don't think Microsoft are the reason why JS uses UTF-16 strings.

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