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add AbstractChar supertype of Char#26286

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StefanKarpinski merged 8 commits intoJuliaLang:masterJuliaLang/julia:masterfrom stevengj:abstractcharstevengj/julia:abstractcharCopy head branch name to clipboardMar 7, 2018

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Commits on Mar 2, 2018

• add AbstractChar supertype of Char

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• NEWS link

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• fixes from feedback

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• use print when io-specific text encoding (usually UTF-8) is desired, and write when encoding should be determined by the argument type

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• restore optimized print for strings, and analogous optimizations for SubString{String}

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• updates in response to documentation comments

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• add codepoint function and more conversions, and move some stuff from boot.jl to char.jl

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Commits on Mar 3, 2018

• more tests, fixes

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