factor/basis/io/encodings/utf32/utf32-docs.factor

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! Copyright (C) 2009 Daniel Ehrenberg
! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
USING: help.markup help.syntax io.encodings strings ;
IN: io.encodings.utf32
ARTICLE: "io.encodings.utf32" "UTF-32 encoding"
"The UTF-32 encoding is a fixed-width encoding. Unicode code points are encoded as 4 byte sequences. There are three encoding descriptor classes for working with UTF-32, depending on endianness or the presence of a BOM:"
{ $subsections
utf32
utf32le
utf32be
} ;
ABOUT: "io.encodings.utf32"
HELP: utf32le
{ $class-description "The encoding descriptor for UTF-32LE, that is, UTF-32 in little endian, without a byte order mark. Streams can be made which read or write wth this encoding." }
{ $see-also "encodings-introduction" } ;
HELP: utf32be
{ $class-description "The encoding descriptor for UTF-32BE, that is, UTF-32 in big endian, without a byte order mark. Streams can be made which read or write wth this encoding." }
{ $see-also "encodings-introduction" } ;
HELP: utf32
{ $class-description "The encoding descriptor for UTF-32, that is, UTF-32 with a byte order mark. This is the most useful for general input and output in UTF-32. Streams can be made which read or write wth this encoding." }
{ $see-also "encodings-introduction" } ;
{ utf32 utf32le utf32be } related-words