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| From | Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c++, comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: "Unicode" |
| Date | 2016-09-05 15:35 -0700 |
| Organization | None to speak of |
| Message-ID | <lnoa427z5h.fsf@kst-u.example.com> (permalink) |
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Cross-posted to 2 groups.
"Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> writes:
[...]
> Most (all?) g++ distros for Windows default to UTF-8 as the C++
> execution character set. So ideally one could just use the narrow string
> directly for g++, i.e., a little compiler dependency, that's not a large
> cost. Unfortunately in Windows the default g++ standard library
> implementations expect Windows ANSI, i.e. incompatible with the
> compiler's C++ execution character set, and there's no way to change the
> locale to an UTF-8 one.
"ANSI" is an incorrect name for the Windows-1252 8-bit character set
(and related code pages). Even Microsoft no longer calls it that.
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc.
"We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this."
-- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"
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"Unicode" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2016-08-29 12:06 -0500
Re: "Unicode" Mr Flibble <flibbleREMOVETHISBIT@i42.co.uk> - 2016-09-01 21:54 +0100
Re: "Unicode" raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2016-09-03 08:00 +0000
Re: "Unicode" Mr Flibble <flibbleREMOVETHISBIT@i42.co.uk> - 2016-09-03 14:10 -0500
Re: "Unicode" "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2016-09-04 09:56 +0200
Re: "Unicode" Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2016-09-04 14:37 +0300
Re: "Unicode" Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-09-04 23:57 -0700
Re: "Unicode" "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2016-09-05 12:53 +0200
Re: "Unicode" Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-09-05 04:51 -0700
Re: "Unicode" Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2016-09-05 15:30 +0300
Re: "Unicode" "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2016-09-05 16:13 +0200
Re: "Unicode" Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2016-09-05 22:03 +0300
Re: "Unicode" "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2016-09-05 23:54 +0200
Re: "Unicode" Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-09-05 15:35 -0700
Re: "Unicode" "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2016-09-06 00:18 +0200
Re: "Unicode" Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-09-05 16:17 -0700
Re: "Unicode" "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2016-09-06 01:20 +0200
Re: "Unicode" Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-09-05 17:16 -0700
Re: "Unicode" "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2016-09-06 02:42 +0200
Re: "Unicode" Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2016-09-05 17:07 -0700
Re: "Unicode" Mr Flibble <flibbleREMOVETHISBIT@i42.co.uk> - 2016-09-05 23:05 +0100
Re: "Unicode" Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2016-09-04 21:37 +0100
Re: "Unicode" Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2016-09-05 00:22 +0300
Re: "Unicode" Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2016-09-05 21:32 +0100
Re: "Unicode" Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2016-09-06 00:00 +0300
Re: "Unicode" Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2016-09-07 21:19 +0100
Re: "Unicode" "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2016-09-08 02:16 +0200
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