[Bug 24581] Fix ByteString type & [EnsureUTF16] flag story

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=24581

Domenic Denicola <domenic@domenicdenicola.com> changed:

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--- Comment #7 from Domenic Denicola <domenic@domenicdenicola.com> ---
> 3. An attractive name such as UnicodeString might lead to adoption in places that do not require it. String/DOMString should be used normally.

I just want to second this. As an API designer, if presented with the choice
between `UnicodeString` and `DOMString`, I'd probably choose UnicodeString.
("Of course I want to support Unicode! I bet whatever a DOMString is, it's to
support some weird legacy DOM APIs.")

I don't see why ScalarValueString is bad, really, despite the stated reasons.
But if this must change for whatever reason, it needs to sound "weird." Maybe
PostprocessedUnicodeString or ScalarizedUnicodeString or something.

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