Re: How to convert TCHAR type to standard ISO C++ string?

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"Tim Roberts" <timr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Mark Randall" <mark[__OKTHISISFAKE_]yr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

TCHAR *is* an ISO, the difference is it changes dependant on what
_UNICODE and UNICODE defines you have.

No, it's not. It is purely a Microsoft invention, as are the
_UNICODE and UNICODE defines.

Handy, yes. Part of the ISO standard, no.

Well, Mark could perhaps have chosen a better wording, but his point is
valid. He responded to this question:

So how to convert the proprietary TCHAR type string to a
standard C++ string, so it can be used in ISO standard C/C++?

which kind of implies that TCHAR is dark magic and a program using it is
automatically not standard C++ compliant. Which is not the case of
course - while TCHAR is not specifically standardized, it is defined in
terms of ISO standard constructs.
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Igor Tandetnik

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