On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 8:07 PM, Kyotaro HORIGUCHI
<horiguchi.kyotaro@lab.ntt.co.jp> wrote:
> Hello, thank you for the comments.
>> I think we should leave string_length as it is and use a new variable
>> for character-based length, as in the attached.
>
> Basically agreed but I like byte_length for the previous
> string_length and string_length for string_length_cars. Also
> text_length is renamed in the attached patch.
I committed this and back-patched this but (1) I avoided changing the
other functions for now and (2) I gave both the byte length and the
character length new names to avoid confusion.
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