RE: [boost] Re: Any interest in adding unicode support to boost?

From: Bennett, Patrick (Patrick.Bennett_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-10-19 12:36:38

> On Behalf Of Erik Wien
> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 11:09 AM
> To: boost_at_[hidden]
> Subject: [boost] Re: Any interest in adding unicode support to boost?
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Patrick Bennett" <patrick.bennett_at_[hidden]>
> 
> > Erik, be sure to take a look at IBM's open-source ICU library:
> > http://oss.software.ibm.com/icu/
> 
> I have looked at the ICU library, and it's a very good unicode
> implementation, but the goal of my project will be to create a library
> that is in a form that could be standardized in boost, and from what 
> have seen/read, ICU is not really suited for that. 

[Bennett, Patrick] Agreed.  I just wanted to make sure you took a look
at it, minimally, as a guide or reference, as it is quite extensive.

> If the ICU licence is boost compatible, it would be possible to base
an
> implementation on ICU however, but that will be determined if the
project
> is approved by my college.

[Bennett, Patrick] If it matters, ICU's license is about as simple as it
gets.