[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #10952: program_options in wchar_t

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #10952: program_options in wchar_t
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-01-22 09:26:33

#10952: program_options in wchar_t
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 Reporter:  gast128@…         |      Owner:  vladimir_prus
     Type:  Feature Requests  |     Status:  new
Milestone:  To Be Determined  |  Component:  program_options
  Version:  Boost 1.57.0      |   Severity:  Problem
 Keywords:  wchar_t           |
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 In Visual Studio 2013, ansi MFC builds are deprecated. More products will
 have to convert to wchar_t. I am aware that wchar_t is not the best
 Unicode representation, but it is quite dominant on Windows platforms.
 Some program_options parts however are bound to hard code ansi strings.
 For example the options_description uses std::string and char*:

 {{{#!python
 po::options_description desc("Allowed options");

 std::wcout << desc; //error (actual use is a std::wofstream)
 }}}

 Can't this just made complete template based on char type?

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/10952>
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