Sure you can use streams to format std::wstring, but it is a different
feature.

Emulation of snwprintf in our programs results in inefficient code, I think
the standard library should be symmetric and contain both snprintf and
snwprintf.


Le jeu. 17 nov. 2022, 20:35, William Linkmeyer <wlink10_at_[hidden]> a écrit :

> std::wcout
>
> WL
>
> On Nov 17, 2022, at 8:39 AM, Nicolas M via Std-Discussion <
> std-discussion_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> 
> Hello,
>
> While porting some Microsoft C++ code to the Linux platform, I have
> realized that while there is snprintf() function for std::string, there is
> no direct equivalent for std::wstring.
>
> Do you think such a function could be added to the standard? It would make
> std::wstring a more viable alternative to std::string.
>
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4107947/how-to-determine-buffer-size-for-vswprintf-under-linux-gcc
>
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3693479/why-does-c-not-have-an-snwprintf-function
>
> On the other hand, with Windows starting to support UTF-8 programs as of
> 2019 (and UTF-8 std::string), std::string might become a simple way to
> store unicode text in cross-platform programs.
>
> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/design/globalizing/use-utf8-code-page
>
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