Isn't unicode check defaulted in ECC 6.0 ?

Question

I see a checkbox called unicode check box in the attributes when I create the ABAP program. This check is to make sure that during sytanx check the system will perform unicode check.
Now, I had an assumption that this check box is used only when you are executing programs on lower level of SAP like SAP 4.6C or 4.7 to ensure that programs are checked for unicode check.
But, I see that in ECC 6.0 also if you don't use this check box the system will bypass the unicode check. I thought that in ECC 6.0 , unicode check is done by default, but it does not sound like that .
Can someone throw some light on this ?
Regards,
Rajesh.

Answer 1

Hello Rajesh
I do not think so. You could do the following test on your system (Unicode or non-Unicode?):
Write a simple ABAP report and try move data between a structured and an unstructured variable, e.g.:
DATA: gd_string    TYPE string.  " unstructured, C-container
DATA: gs_kna1     TYPE kna1.
SELECT SINGLE * FROM kna1 INTO gs_kna1.
gd_string = gs_kna1.  " should give Unicode error -> use instead cl_abap_container_utilities class
Regards
  Uwe