> code points, which need up to 24 bits They need at most 21 bits. The bits may ...

		zahlman 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: It’s not wrong that "\u{1F926}\u{1F3FC}\u200D\u264... > code points, which need up to 24 bits They need at most 21 bits. The bits may only be available in multiples of 8, but the implementation also doesn't byte-pack them into 24-bit units, so that's moot.