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ASCII and Unicode

Postby CpuWhiz105 » Jun 13, 2003 @ 1:34am

Ok, I want to share game data between the PC and PPC. Should I store it as just a char and convert it before passing it to GapiDraw, taking cpu power; or should I store it as a unicode TCHAR and take up twice as much space for game data and memory?
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Postby DillRye » Jun 13, 2003 @ 1:42am

I would have to say either way is negligible. Using TCHARs would probably make more sense though I often use chars out of habbit and convert them with the TEXT() macro.
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Postby CpuWhiz105 » Jun 13, 2003 @ 4:49am

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Postby CpuWhiz105 » Jun 13, 2003 @ 6:37am

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Postby CpuWhiz105 » Jun 13, 2003 @ 9:29pm

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