Re: [boost] Fw: [locale] Formal review of Boost.Locale library

Subject: Re: [boost] Fw: [locale] Formal review of Boost.Locale library
From: Artyom (artyomtnk_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-04-14 17:25:30

> In binary level, this is same.

> What should  we do?
> Using string literal with no prefix is practically  dangerous.
> 

You should do following.

1. Do not include direct localized text to sources,
   that is what localization system for.

2. If you have to then use UTF-8 in the sources that
   it would remain UTF-8
   for char * strings as well and would be handled
   correctly for L"..." prefixes.

3. When you use MSVC add UTF-8 BOM (even thou it is 
   useless but this is the way MSVC distinguishes
   between local encodings and UTF-8)

   Bad but this is reality.

In fact almost all Unit tests in Boost.Locale use inline UTF-8
and believe me, it made my life significantly simpler. 

Artyom