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Re: [SG16] Bike shedding for Christmas: P1885 Naming Text Encodings

From: JeanHeyd Meneide <phdofthehouse_at_[hidden]>
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2019 17:05:41 -0500
Dear SG16,

On Sat, Dec 28, 2019 at 4:21 PM Tom Honermann via SG16
<sg16_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> I suggest text_encoding_id. I'd like to preserve text_encoding for a tag type (or concept) that can be used at compile time to specify a (compile-time) encoding as in a template parameter to std::text.
>

For nomenclature, I think encoding_id, text_encoding_id, charset_id or
similar is fine. As long as we make it clear it is an identifier of
some sort, and not the actual encoding routine/object that will
perform any work.

Received on 2019-12-28 16:08:23