Re: [Boost-users] Documentation of utf8_codecvt_facet

From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-05-21 16:56:26

Look in the serialization library.

Robert Ramey

peter_at_[hidden] wrote:
> Through google searches and examples I have found that using
> utf8_codecvt_facet from
> boost/program_options/detail/utf8_codecvt_facet.hpp allows me to
> imbue my std::wifstream like this:
>
> std::wifstream f(p.string().c_str());
> std::locale loc;
> std::locale utf8loc(loc, new
> boost::program_options::detail::utf8_codecvt_facet());
> f.imbue(utf8loc);
>
> and now the wifstream is able to read UTF-8 encoded files. However, I
> not been able to find any 'official' documentation of this feature,
> and I'm not really hooked on using undocumented features. Is there
> any documentation somewhere?
>
> /peter