Should C++0x contain distinct type for UTF-8?

[Martin B.]

Hi all!

Current draft N3092 specifies:
+ char16_t* for UTF-16
+ char32_t* for UTF-32
+ char* for execution narrow-character set
+ wchar_t* for execution wide-character set
+ unsigned char* for ... yes, for what?

Wouldn't it make sense to have a char8_t where char8_t arrays would
hold UTF-8 character sequences exclusively?
What is the rational for not including it?

cheers,
Martin

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[Jan Ringoš]

Dne Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:16:46 +0200 Martin B. <0xCDC...@gmx.at> napsal/-a:

> + unsigned char* for ... yes, for what?

Raw data buffers (bytes), what else?
And maybe pointer to small number(s) fitting in 0-255 range :)

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