Re: [boost] [string] Realistic API proposal

Subject: Re: [boost] [string] Realistic API proposal
From: Artyom (artyomtnk_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-01-29 05:25:07

> If std::string is UTF-8 encoded (as you are suggesting, correct?),  then you 
>also requires additional copy:
> 
>    // conversion for Windows  API
>    std::string u8s = ...;
>    std::wstring u16s =  convert_to_utf16(u8s);
>    HANDLE h = CreateFileW(u16s.c_str(),  ...);
> 
> Regards,
> Anders Dalvander
> 

Fortunately only under Windows, under rest of the normal OSes it
would not require :-).

Also the idea is also to have utf-8 aware API in boost for windows so you just
call:

   boost::ofstream file(utf_name);

Artyom