Hi everybody! :) I’m currently trying to replace libintl (from gnu gettext) by boost::locale lib, in a (mostly) C program (blender, actually). To do so, I wrote a simplistic wrapper: #include <boost/locale.hpp> #include "boost_locale_wrapper.h" static boost::locale::generator gen; /* Called only once */ void boost_locale_init(const char *messages_path, const char *default_domain) { gen.add_messages_path(messages_path); gen.add_messages_domain(default_domain); gen.set_default_messages_domain(default_domain); } /* Called each time you change locale */ void boost_locale_set(const char *locale) { if (locale && locale[0]) { std::locale::global(gen(locale)); } else { std::locale::global(gen("")); } } const char* boost_locale_gettext(const char *msgid) { return boost::locale::gettext(msgid).c_str(); } (this wrapper lib is linked statically with the main app) But I'm facing a big problem: I would expect strings returned by boost::locale::gettext & co to be "const", i.e. that the char pointer gotten by boost::locale::gettext(msgid).c_str() would be const (and unique to a given locale/msgid/context/etc.), as it is with gnu gettext. But this is obviously not the case, as demonstrated by those prints (translated_msgid (address)): Serbe latin (Srpski latinica) (0x7fcaed0dac58) sr_RS@latin (0x7fcaee1e5628) Suédois (Svenska) (0x7fcaed0dac58) sv_SE (0x7fcaee1e5628) Am I missing something obvious here, or are returned string just not "const"? If so, how can a code like: MessageBoxW(0,pgettext <http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_49_0/libs/locale/doc/html/group__message.html#ga2a39910bdf57e4d151607ee1a115b853>(L"File Dialog",L"Open?").c_str(),gettext <http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_49_0/libs/locale/doc/html/group__message.html#gadd3006a6d5d1c804490152ee6300d47f>(L"Question").c_str(),MB_YESNO); (taken from boost doc) could work? I'm quite new to all this C++2C stuff (and to boost too), so please forgive me if this is a noob question... Best regards, Bastien