From: williamkempf_at_[hidden]
Date: 2001-09-25 16:03:33
--- In boost_at_y..., Ross Smith <ross.s_at_i...> wrote:
> dietmar_kuehl_at_y... wrote:
> >
> > I'm probably dense but can anybody please tell me what problem you
> > are talking off at all? 'std::basic_filebuf' internally uses a
> > code conversion facet which is intended to convert an external
> > encoding into an internal representation. For example, a
> > 'std::wistream' can read UTF-8, UTF-16, ..., at least if
appropriate
> > code conversion facets are available. If they aren't shipped by
the
> > vendor, they may be provided by the user.
>
> Unfortunately, the fundamental problem with any approach that uses
the
> standard library wide character facilities is that wchar_t isn't
> guaranteed to be large enough to hold a Unicode character.
That's not really a problem since none of the code is restricted to
only char and wchar_t types. It may mean that we need much more
plumbing for a Boost.Unicode library, but the standard library
facilities for doing this should still be where one starts here.
Bill Kempf