Re: [boost] [gsoc] Request Feedback for Boost.Ustr Unicode String Adapter

Subject: Re: [boost] [gsoc] Request Feedback for Boost.Ustr Unicode String Adapter
From: Daniel James (dnljms_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-08-13 14:10:01

On 13 August 2011 19:02, Dave Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> I think I agree with Artyom here.  *Somebody* has to decide how that
> datatype will be interpreted when we receive it.  Unless we refuse
> altogether to accept std::string in our interfaces (which sounds like a
> bad idea to me), why not make the decision that it's UTF-8?

Because if the native encoding isn't UTF-8 that will give the wrong
result for cases such as:

int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
    // ....
    boost::filesystem::path p(argv[0]);