Feature: byte_size and char_length#135
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Useful for passing config from containers. See previous commit.
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`.length` calls were inconsistent across vendors, and it also contained a bug that didn't return what you expect. For that reason, we deprecate length, and we ask people to use the more reliable `.byte_size` and `.char_length` instead.
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The problem with the current implementation of
lengthis that it's unreliable across vendors.The newly introduced functions will give correct semantics across vendors.
Some details may vary, still, unfortunately: mssql stores by default in UTF-16 and, the author needs to pay close attention to their maths.
Closes #134.