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

Subject: Re: [boost] [gsoc] Request Feedback for Boost.Ustr Unicode String Adapter
From: Dave Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-08-15 20:08:04

on Sat Aug 13 2011, Daniel James <dnljms-AT-gmail.com> wrote:

> 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]);

? I don't see any std::string here.  Is there an implicit conversion?

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Dave Abrahams
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