On 03/02/2021 00.09, Corentin wrote:
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> On Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 11:57 PM Victor Zverovich <victor.zverovich_at_[hidden] <mailto:victor.zverovich_at_[hidden]>> wrote:
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> > For the core language, I think we should
> > simply replace "execution character set" with "literal encoding" (narrow and wide),
> > because we never actually care about character sets, just about encoding
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> I would be very much in favor of this change. "Literal encoding" is exactly what this is and "execution character set" is just confusing. I also agree that it shouldn't be tied to locales in any way.
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> I'd love feedback on the draft I posted earlier in this thread which does that, whenever you have time before the next deadline :)
> A slightly more recent draft is here https://isocpp.org/files/papers/D2297R0.pdf <https://isocpp.org/files/papers/D2297R0.pdf>

The change for wchar_t in [basic.fundamental] says that wchar_t
can now use UTF-16 (i.e. one or two code units per code point)
Previously, wchar_t needed to be >21 bits for full Unicode support,
otherwise "distinct codes for all members of [Unicode]" is not
satisfied.

That seems a drastic change; I'm not sure which parts of the
iostreams library depend on wchar_t not using multiple code units
per code point.

Also, it warrants an Annex C entry.

Jens