From: Alf P. Steinbach <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com>
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It is a level of indirection.
You want Boost.Filesystem to assume /the same/ narrow character encoding as Boost.Locale, whatever it is.
And to quote the docs where I found that program,
"Boost Locale fully supports both narrow and wide API. The default character encoding is assumed to be UTF-8 on Windows."
I would probably say it once again and the last time. 1. Boost.Locale is **localization** library and localization today is done using **Unicode** not cp1252, cp936 or cp1255 And UTF-8 is **Unicode** encoding for narrow strings. So _any_ localization library **must** use Unicode encoding otherwise it will be useless crap. 2. If you write software for Windows and what to use ANSI encoding by default all you need is to add a _single_ line into your code. I give you a choice to use whatever you want. But the default should be suitable for **Localization** - the reason this library is written for, Now, you may not like the design of Boost.Locale library or you don't like its defaults. Legitimate. But using UTF-8 by default was one of few points that had total agreement between all Boost.Locale reviewers. Using UTF-8 by default is indeed strategical decision. You may call it political, I may call it practical. You may do not like it but this is what will remain because it is the way the library designed and it is one of its central parts. You don't like it? Ok... I had given you an option to change it. I think you and other users will survive this one extra line that changes the default encoding to ANSI instead of cross platform and UTF-8. Best Regards, Artyom Beilis -------------- CppCMS - C++ Web Framework: http://cppcms.sf.net/ CppDB - C++ SQL Connectivity: http://cppcms.sf.net/sql/cppdb/