Re: Interest in a Unicode library for Boost?

From: Rainer Deyke (rainerd_at_[hidden])
Date: 2019-10-26 05:40:55

On 26.10.19 03:11, Zach Laine via Boost-users wrote:
> If you care about portable Unicode support, or even addressing the
> embarrassment of being the only major production language with next to no
> Unicode support, please have a look and provide feedback.

I can't see myself using the string layer at all.  My codebase is too 
deeply linked to std::string, as is the standard library, and a fair 
number of third-party libraries I am using.  Also, the primary advantage 
of the string layer seems to be a narrower interface, which is not an 
advantage at all to me as a user.  std::string::find may be bad design, 
but it doesn't hurt me, it just makes finding elements in a string 
slightly more convenient.

I am very much interested in the unicode layer.  I am currently using 
ICU, and I'd really like to remove this dependency.  ICU is big, it's 
difficult to build, and I'm stuck on an older version because of 
compatibility issues.

As for the text layer, the fact that it uses FCC means that I probably 
won't use it because I have standardized on NFD.

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Rainer Deyke (rainerd_at_[hidden])