Hi Lauri, all,
While I'd love having this patch applied, I've to agree with
Hiltjo
On Thu, 14 Mar 2019 09:57:02 +0200
Lauri Tirkkonen <lotheac_AT_iki.fi> wrote:
>
> Could you explain what it is that you don't like about wchar_t?
>
Probably because wchar_t it's not portable at all, quoting the ISO/IEC
10646:2003 Unicode standard 4.0 [0]
> The width of wchar_t is compiler-specific and can be as small as 8
> bits. Consequently, programs that need to be portable across any C or
> C++ compiler should not use wchar_t for storing Unicode text. The
> wchar_t type is intended for storing compiler-defined wide
> characters, which may be Unicode characters in some compilers.
I don't know for sure the reasons of Hiltjo, but this one it's quite a
good one to refrain from applying it.
Maybe you can find an alternative way to deal with it or propose the
patch in the wiki (or both)?
As I don't have compilers constraint I will surely try and use it,
thanks!
[0]:
https://www.iso.org/standard/39921.html
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Antenore Gatta
Received on Thu Mar 14 2019 - 09:28:08 CET