Re: Best way to handle UTF-8 in C++
On 5/6/2010 10:11 AM, Peter Olcott wrote:
"Victor Bazarov"<v.bazarov@comcast.invalid> wrote in
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On 5/6/2010 9:45 AM, Peter Olcott wrote:
I am looking for a way to handle UTF-8 text in my C++
application. The ideal case would be an STL class that
handles UTF-8. What is the next best thing?
What do you mean by "handle"? STL class? Don't you have
the compiler documentation? If there is one, you already
have all information you need. Want more? Buy a book on
the Standard library. There are several that many
consider decent. Next best thing? Google.
I must be able to use UTF-8 strings in my C++ application. I
want to know the best way to do this. I prefer an interface
that works the same way as the STL interface.
What do you mean by "use" and in what way can't you "use" the UTF-8
strings already? There is no such thing as "STL interface", perhaps you
can explain what you mean by "the same way". I can start guessing, but
it's much better if you just specify what exactly you're trying to
accomplish. Try to refrain from using such generic terms as "STL
interface" or "use". For example, you can say, "I need to be able to
figure out whether there are uppercase characters in my 'string', like
the standard function 'isupper' does"...
V
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