24 Jun
2022
24 Jun
'22
7:04 p.m.
It doesn't reduce complexity in the usage to have two sets of functions that do the same thing only with subtle differences. Obviously you are not going to get rid of the Win32 APIs, so now you'd have to keep both sets of functions in your head to be able to understand the code.
Note also that the vast majority of Unicode functions take character counts, so adding helpers that take byte counts would make it even harder to get right.