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Swift UTF-8 String
Swift 5 switches the preferred encoding of strings from UTF-16 to UTF-8 while preserving efficient Objective-C-interoperability. Because the String type abstracts away these low-level concerns, no source-code changes from developers should be necessary*, but it’s worth highlighting some of the benefits this move gives…
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
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| Mar 21, 2019 | Swift UTF-8 String by gok | 123 | 95 |
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