Re: [boost] [nowide] Request for interest (nowide unicode support for windows)

Subject: Re: [boost] [nowide] Request for interest (nowide unicode support for windows)
From: Artyom (artyomtnk_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-06-17 09:06:03

> > I was talking about v3
> 
> v3 makes it even easier.  Internally it always calls
> RemoveFileW on Windows
> regardless is whether the path was created from a narrow or
> wide string.
> 

Excellent

> > Windows had never supported, does not support
> according to Lars Viklund
> > links it seems like it will never be supported. 
> 
> I think you misunderstood me.  I meant
> Boost.Filesystem could interpret
> narrow strings as UTF-8 by default on Windows. 

This would be really great.

> > So the only way to do the thing right is **always**
> use
> > Wide API on windows and convert normal strings to wide
> one just before
> > calling appropriate API functions.
> 
> Yes.  Except that Filesystem handles this by
> converting immediately.  It
> makes little difference.
> 

If so this is the way to go. Having boost::filesystem::v3
treating path as UTF-8 on windows would solve lots of issues.

Artyom