Module encodings

Converts between different character encodings. On UNIX, this uses the iconv library, on Windows the Windows API.

Types

EncodingConverter = ptr ConverterObj
can convert between two character sets   Source
EncodingError = object of ValueError
exception that is raised for encoding errors   Source

Procs

proc getCurrentEncoding(): string {.raises: [], tags: [].}
retrieves the current encoding. On Unix, always "UTF-8" is returned.   Source
proc open(destEncoding = "UTF-8"; srcEncoding = "CP1252"): EncodingConverter {.
    raises: [EncodingError], tags: [].}
opens a converter that can convert from srcEncoding to destEncoding. Raises EIO if it cannot fulfill the request.   Source
proc close(c: EncodingConverter) {.raises: [], tags: [].}
frees the resources the converter c holds.   Source
proc convert(c: EncodingConverter; s: string): string {.raises: [OSError], tags: [].}
  Source
proc convert(s: string; destEncoding = "UTF-8"; srcEncoding = "CP1252"): string {.
    raises: [EncodingError, OSError], tags: [].}
converts s to destEncoding. It assumed that s is in srcEncoding. This opens a converter, uses it and closes it again and is thus more convienent but also likely less efficient than re-using a converter.   Source