Re: [boost] status of Boost Unicode library/enhancements ?

From: Eric Niebler (eric_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-03-29 13:53:09

Keith MacDonald wrote:
> I'd be grateful for an elegant C++ wrapper to the ICU library 
> (http://www-306.ibm.com/software/globalization/icu/index.jsp).  A lot of 
> resources go into developing and maintaining ICU, and it has an unrestricted 
> license, so why try to compete with it?

http://www.firebirdnews.org/?p=243

A code analysis tool recently run on the Firebird code base turned up 
lots of bugs -- in ICU. Doesn't mean a wrapper wouldn't have value, but 
it also might not be practical. I don't know.

FWIW, I have the interest and the ability to write Boost.Unicode. What I 
lack is time. Anybody with a vested interest in C++ and Unicode should 
consider hiring Boost Consulting. *nudge, nudge* :-)

-- 
Eric Niebler
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com