Re: [boost] Fw: [locale] Formal review of Boost.Locale library

Subject: Re: [boost] Fw: [locale] Formal review of Boost.Locale library
From: Artyom (artyomtnk_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-04-14 16:13:32

> From: Ryou Ezoe <boostcpp_at_[hidden]>
> Subject: Re: [boost] Fw: [locale] Formal review of Boost.Locale library
> To: boost_at_[hidden]
> Date: Thursday, April 14, 2011, 11:03 PM
> gcc support UTF-8 literal.
> This library can be used in Windows if i use mingw or
> cygwin.
> Still, I don't want to use UTF-8 in Windows.
> 

I'll specifically answer to this once again. I assume that
following had mislead you in documentations.

> winapi backend
> [snip]
> 
>     * You need GCC-4.x to use it.
>     * Only UTF-8 encoding is supported.

Meaning you can't use GCC-3.4 but 4.x series as the
3.x does not support wide characters. Sorry if it mislead you.

MSVC is first class citizen and actually much better
supported then GCC...

> -- 
> Ryou Ezoe

Artyom