Re: Re: wchar_t on GNU and Win32 - two worlds apart !

[Subhobroto Sinha]

No, actually I really don't want to use WineLib (then I can use COM to resolve the shortcut anyway!)

I just want a method where I can use GLibc's Unicode functions on Win32 serialized data which treats wchar_t as 2 bytes long..

On Sun, 28 Dec 2003 Dimitrie O. Paun wrote :
> On December 27, 2003 01:11 pm, Subhobroto Sinha wrote:
> > But as I am using pure C++, I have to use GLibc's library functions which
> > expects wchar_t to be 4 bytes long and NOT 2 bytes.
>
> Herein lies your problem. Mixing the two is not pretty, and I think
> it should be avoided to maintain sanity. Just use our msvcrt for the
> Unicode functions, it uses 2-byte wchar_t, so you can mix that freely
> with the other Win32 functions.
>
> --
> Dimi.