On 03/13/2010 01:53 AM, Eric Niebler wrote:
On 3/13/2010 2:56 AM, Mathias Gaunard wrote:
Artyom wrote:
Boost.Locale is a library that brings high quality localization facilities in C++ way. It provides the natural glue between C++ locales framework, iostreams and powerful ICU library
That's a very interesting wrapper of ICU. It might even kill off my Unicode library.
I think Boost probably needs a Unicode library that is *not* a wrapper of ICU.
For the record, Boost already uses ICU.
What is it's license?
http://source.icu-project.org/repos/icu/icu/trunk/license.html
How generic is it? (E.g. can I run Unicode algorithms over non-contiguous data?)
From what I know, it provides streaming character conversion algorithms. Probably, other streaming algorithms exist as well. I really don't see the point in reinventing a wheel here. The code is there, it's well tested and maintained, feature rich and widely deployed. What's missing is a better C++ interface, and that's exactly what I expect from Boost.Locale. On the topic. I think, Boost.Locale will be a major and highly awaited addition to Boost. The need in Unicode support is especially strong.