> The number of Unicode scalar values in the string. It's the basic building block of Unicode. No, codepoints are, hence their name. Scalars are a subset of al

> The number of Unicode scalar values in the string. It's the basic building block of Unicode. No, codepoints are, hence their name. Scalars are a subset of all codepoints. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48465265/what-is-the-difference-between-unicode-code-points-and-unicode-scalars/48465266#48465266 https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48465265/what-is-the-dif... > whether that's "UTF-16 code point" That's not a thing; you're thinking of UTF-16 code units rather, I believe.