The C++11 `char16_t` standard type represents a character in UTF-16 encoding.
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Performance issues with u_snprintf_u from libicu
I'm porting some application from wchar_t for C strings to char16_t offered by C++11.
Although I have an issue. The only library I found that can handle snprintf for char16_t types is ICU with their UChar types.
The performance of u_snprintf_u…
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What is the relation between char ~ char32_t type and UTF-8 ~ UTF-32?
char: 8-bit character type
char16_t: 16-bit character type
char32_t: 32-bit character type
wchar_t: 16 ~ 32-bit character type depending on the compiler
UTF-8: An encoding method that can represent Unicode characters while preserving 8-bit…
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Copy from char16_t* to char16_t*
I'm trying to copy a char16_t* that's passed into a function but haven't found any way to do that.
foo(char16_t* characters) {
char16_t* copiedCharacters;
//copy characters to copiedCharacters
}
I tried to use strncopy() but it only copies…
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Convert std::string to utf-16 (like u"some string"); Debugger tells "no suitable conversion exists"
Based on my previous question
C++: Convert hex representation of UTF16 char into decimal (like python's int(hex_data, 16))
I would like to know how to convert a string into unicode for char16_t:
As
int main()
{
char16_t c = u'\u0b7f';
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C++: fixed-size integer implementation for charX_t types
It is known to me that new character types were introduced in C++11. However, since C++11 is not available everywhere, it may be necessary to introduce char16_t and char32_t for everyone who wishes to work with UTF-16 and UTF-32. I've tried to…
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boost spirit and char16_t / UTF-16 support?
Is there any support, today or in the near future, for char16_t / UTF-16 in boost spirit?
I did try the word count lexer example using char16_t but ran into al sorts of compile errors.
Thanks,
Henry Roeland
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