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chapters/functions.tex

@@ -2009,8 +2009,7 @@ \subsubsection{Simple Types}\label{simple-types}
 
 An exception is made when the argument is of the form \lstinline!size($\ldots$, $\ldots$)!. In this case the corresponding C type is \lstinline!size_t!.
 
-Strings are \textsc{nul}-terminated (i.e., terminated by \lstinline[language=C]!'\0'!) to facilitate calling of C functions.
-Strings may contain Unicode and for 8-bit char in C they are coded as UTF-8.
+Strings are \textsc{nul}-terminated (i.e., terminated by \lstinline[language=C]!'\0'!) and are encoded using UTF-8 (assuming \lstinline[language=C]!CHAR_BIT==8! in C) to facilitate calling of C functions.
 The valid return values for an external function returning a \lstinline!String! are:
 \begin{itemize}
 \item A string given as \lstinline!String! input to the external function.