Strang

Experimental nested String and UTF-8 support for SuperCollider

Thanks to Laureano López.

The String class doesn't support UTF-8 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-8), while most editors that are in use with SuperCollider allow strings to be written in unicode. Such strings are internally represented in a way that doesn't split the string into correct characters. This class makes it easier to use UTF-8 encodings.

This works well in many cases, but is experimental. Improvements welcome!

Etymology

"Strang" is German for string, rope, strand, cord, skein.

The Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob Grimm und Wilhelm Grimm writes:

"strang, m. , dickes, gedrehtes seil. herkunft und form. altnord. strengr, ags. streng, engl. string, fries. stringe, mnl. strenge, stringe, strenc, nl. streng, stranc. das deutsche hat formen der a-, i- und n-declination sowie masc. und fem. genus nebeneinander: im ahd. sg. nom. stranc, strangi, strengi, strenki, pl. nom. strangun, dat. strangon, strengin, s. Graff ahd. sprachsch. 6, 755; im mhd. st. masc. stranc neben sw. masc. und fem. strange; im mnd. sg. strank, strange, pl. nom. strenge, dat. strengen, acc. strengen, strenge. […]"

http://woerterbuchnetz.de/DWB/?sigle=DWB&mode=Vernetzung&lemid=GS50779#XGS50779

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