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Help wrote:#PB_ByteLength:
only valid when using the #PB_UTF8 flag, the 'Length' will represent bytes (not characters).

Would be nice, if this could be changed, that the Flag #PB_ByteLength is simply ignored, if the format is not Utf8.

Background: Copying file-text to memory an then using PeekS, I can use the BOM as flag. At the moment I have to make an additional check to see if I can use #PB_ByteLength or not.

Is not Unicode you can use PeekS with type #PB_Ascii...

Why request that #PB_ByteLength is ignored for ASCII and Unicode?

Better, let's request that #PB_ByteLength is implemented for ASCII and Unicode.

Should be simple...
numAsciiChars = numAsciiBytes
numUnicodeChars = numUnicodeBytes/2 (by PB's definition of characters)