RE: [boost] Re: More on boost.threads

From: Erik Laumb Jensen (erik.jensen_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-09-07 08:10:59

I don't know if this has been mentioned before (i'm new
to this list) but Microsoft just made available a
unicode-wrapper dll for Windows 95/98/ME at

http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/Articles/mslu_announce.asp

Erik Jensen

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> > Hmmm... I thought Win32 was supposed to support ANSI and UNICODE
on all
> > Win32 platforms?
> 
> Nope, Win9x supports little to no Unicode.
> 
> > The Unicode versions are faster on NT/Win2K and since XP replaces 
> > the 9x line I figured it would be better to stick with
UNICODE
> > here.  If there is a problem I can easily change to ANSI versions
though.
> 
> Depends on whether you consider a problem the fact that it doesn't
work on
> Win9x. ;-)

I'll fix this.
 
> (You can use TCHAR if you consider the performance difference
significant.)

Won't really be much help for those using the Boost.Build system 
since this will have to use ANSI regardless.  The performance 
difference isn't great enough to fight this, I'll just make it ANSI.

Bill Kempf