From: 0xCDCDCDCD@gmx.at   
      
   On 14.11.2011 02:50, Alf P. Steinbach wrote:   
   > On 13.11.2011 18:05, Arijit wrote:   
   >>   
   >> I am writing a program which accepts unicode arguments on the command   
   >> line. However there does not seem to be any way to access wide   
   >> character command line arguments in standard c++. No support for int   
   >> main(int argc, wchar_t **argv). Is there any way I can access an   
   >> unicode command line in standard c++ ?   
   >   
   > No.   
   >   
   > Not if you mean "using only the standard library".   
   >   
   > In short, it is not possible to write a 100% standard C++ program that   
   > uses only the standard library, where the Windows user (Windows: the   
   > most used OS) can specify an arbitrary filename directly in the   
   > invocation command, and have that filename successfully used (SNAFU).   
   >   
   > This is similar to how it is impossible, with the same constraints, to   
   > write a Windows `echo` in C++ (SNAFU), -- or to write a Windows   
   > program that copies standard input exactly to standard output like *nix   
   > `cat` (SNAFU).   
   >   
   > This list of very basic things that you can't do in standard C++ has a   
   > high silliness factor, like something out of Monthy Python, and as such   
   > it's quite embarrassing, or as I see it *should* be so embarrassing that   
   > the responsible people should be going around with very red faces all   
   > the time, (...)   
      
   Amen! But: Let us not forget that "the commandline" is a second-class   
   citizen on Windows and more importantly, the standard commandline   
   "cmd.exe" has to carry a bag of compatibility treats from way back to   
   the stone age.   
      
   I'm wondering if it is actually possible to set up "cmd.exe" in a   
   nonstandard way (code page, font, etc.) so that stuff could work for   
   standard C++.   
      
   cheers,   
   Martin   
      
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