Re: [vim 9 script] String indexing behavior different from legacy Vim

On 2023-06-03, Bram Moolenaar <Bram@moolenaar.net> wrote:
>
>> Legacy Vim script:
>>
>> let text = 'àbc'
>> echo text[2]
>>
>> Result: 'b'
>>
>> Vim 9 script:
>>
>> const text = 'àbc'
>> echo text[2]
>>
>> Result: 'c'
>>
>> Is the different behavior (counting chars vs bytes?) intentional?
>
> Yes, in Vim9 script the index is in characters. In legacy script it is
> in bytes.
>
> The help for this doesn't have it's own tag, I'll add one.
> You can find it above ":help vim9-gotchas".

I was expecting to find it under `:help vim9-differences`, but either
I missed the relevant item, or it's not there, in which case it could be
added there.

Thanks,
Life.

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