On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 8:12 AM, Artyom Beilis <artyomtnk@yahoo.com> wrote:
You want to make boost.filesystem better? Make it use UTF-8 on Windows by default and drop all "wide-crap" (sorry windows users).
All operating systems around (with one exception) use char * API and one operating system uses utf-16/wchar_t API.
So adding arbitrary character that no operating system uses seems to be waste of effort.
I **personally** don't see any benefit in adding char16_t/char32_t emulation to the Boost and specialty to the Boost.Filesystem.
Today Boost.Filesystem has enough problems besides char16_t/char32_t.
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I think it's a bit of a stretch to say that 'no operating system' uses wide characters/strings. Sure, it's only one OS, but it's not like it's some obscure platform that very few people use. Windows is a massive target, and it needs to be given first-rate support, regardless of whether it's annoying/wasteful in terms of implementation.