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Subject: Re: [boost] RE [filesystem][cygwin] Standard conformance for wide characters
From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-02-05 20:04:39
on Thu Feb 05 2009, frederic.bron-AT-alcan.com wrote:
>> I've decided not to attempt support for Cygwin in the next version of
>> Boost.Filesystem.
>
> I have posted your comments on the cygwin mailing list and post the answer below. It
> says that cygwin is not using the GNU C library but newlib which does not have the
> full set of wide character
> functions.
> Any idea how to help newlib get the missing functions?
Implement them?
Maybe it's too facile an answer, but I can't think of anything else...
-- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com
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