Re: constant-time access to variable-width encodings Ray Blaak 13 Jul 2005 18:48 UTC

Per Bothner wrote:

> Here is an idea for an implementation strategy for using UTF-8 or
> UTF-16 encoding of strings without breaking constant-time string-ref.
> Obviously R6RS should not require or assume this implementation, but
> it would be nice if it could be written to *allow* it.

A cool idea. Minor point: if you think of #\partial as "filler", then
consider calling it #\filler instead.

Cheers,
Ray Blaak