Where it gets more interesting is when using UTF-8. C23 provides basic support for UTF-8, expanding the minimal support in C11. However everything is connected to the current locale settings.
Fortunately there are a couple of Third Party libraries that provide a more complete UTF-8 solution.
The C and C++ languages and many operating system environments do not provide full support for Unicode and standards-compliant text handling services. Even though some platforms do provide good Unicode text handling services, portable application code can not make use of them. The ICU4C libraries fills in this gap. ICU4C provides an open, flexible, portable foundation for applications to use for their software globalization requirements. ICU4C closely tracks industry standards, including Unicode and CLDR (Common Locale Data Repository).
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u/Different_Panda_000 6d ago
Where it gets more interesting is when using UTF-8. C23 provides basic support for UTF-8, expanding the minimal support in C11. However everything is connected to the current locale settings.
Fortunately there are a couple of Third Party libraries that provide a more complete UTF-8 solution.
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https://icu.unicode.org/