Re: How to avoid using arrays for strings???
On 16 Nov., 00:30, mike3 <mike4...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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since there's Windows material in here as well as questions related to
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Hi.
I'm writing a program for the Windows OS in C++. But it seems the
Windows
functions all accept string _arrays_ of type "TCHAR" (actually,
_pointers_ to
arrays), which can be toggled between the C/C++ primitive types
wchar_t/char,
the former of which is used for Unicode encoding. Will the C++ STL
classes
std::string/std::wstring work in this case? How does it clash with the
Unicode
encodings, if at all? I'd be mad with whoever comes up with the
standards if
it had a problem since UNICODE is used by all sorts of modern
operating
systems, not just Windows!
But with C++, it is said that arrays are "evil". Is it possible to use
the C++ STL
functions for all internal string manipulations _even while I want
Unicode support_
and then only convert to array when I need to send it to the Windows
functions?
If not, should I go and just use arrays up front, or at least write up
some custom
container that will bury the "evil" arrays of TCHAR, keeping them out
of the way
and packaged?
For all TCHARs passed as constant data, you can use std::string or
std::vector. If the
called function is modifying whats pointed to, you must currently use
std::vector.
There is no need to use a raw array.
/Peter
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