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Lists in Release 6.40
Lists and Unicode
In Unicode systems, each character in the list buffer has a position but can occupy more than one column in the list, which is of particular relevance for east-asian characters. However, since the list only contains the same number of columns as there are positions in the list buffer, this means the list can only display fewer characters than are stored in the list buffer. The list output is therefore shortened accordingly and the page conforms to the alignment. The horizontal position of the list cursor is only the same in the non-Unicode systems as the output column of displayed or printed lists. In Unicode systems, this is only guaranteed for the top and bottom output limits.
The following changes were made in ABAP to comply with the behavior of lists in Unicode systems:
Note
These changes were also downported to Release 6.20.