On 2 February 2011 18:57, Bruno Haible wrote: > Hi Paul, > >> > - Define a type 'wwchar_t' on all platforms, equivalent to uint32_t >> > on Windows platforms and to 'wchar_t' otherwise. >> >> As a minor point, would it be OK to call this type >> 'xchar_t' instead? 'x' is the successor to 'w', after all, >> and it can be thought of as an abbreviation for 'eXtended'. > > 'wwchar_t' means "wide wide character". > > In fact it's not really an "extended" character or "complex character". > It's just what POSIX calls a 'wchar_t'.
It's extended in the sense that the original Unicode was only 16 bits wide (which of course is why wchar_t on Windows is 16 bits). Also, I think 'xchar_t' is less prone to typos, in particular forgetting one of the dubyas. Andy -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
