Re: [Flex-devel] unicode unsigned short

[Peter M. <pet...@gm...>]

Uint16t?
On Jul 6, 2012 11:29 AM, "Paul" <pa...@pr...> wrote:

> The unicode16 version of flex uses unsigned short.
> Without opening a large can of worms re types, to pass the tests
> utest-posix
> and utest-posixly-correct (nothing to do with posix compatibility) with
> the -U flag on, I have altered the line:
>
> char * tests[NUM_TESTS] =  { "ababab"}; /* non unicode */
> to (simplified):
> unsigned short testu[7]={'a','b','a','b','a','b',0}; /* altered for
> unicode pn */
>
> The test then passes with testu OK.
>
> This makes initializing a pain since:
> a.    wchar_t is 4 bytes wide in gcc
> b.    L"ababab" is also 4 bytes wide.
> whereas unsigned short & unicode 16 is 2 bytes wide.
> I will note that char16_t is not defined in C, only C++.
>
> Thoughts please.
>
> Paul
>
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