[Development] ICU and Windows

[Konstantin Tokarev]

14.01.2013, 15:56, "Pau Garcia i Quiles" <pgquiles at elpauer.org>:
> On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 9:35 AM, Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira at intel.com> wrote:
>
>> On segunda-feira, 14 de janeiro de 2013 08.31.19, Yves Bailly wrote:
>>> Which is not always that easy... if a library function returns, say, an
>>> simple std::string *by value*, then who will destroy the allocated memory?
>>> It's really too easy to break something, somwhere, causing a random crash
>>> almost impossible to reproduce reliably.
>>
>> The ICU C API does not use std::string: it was meant to be used from C code.
>> It's quite easy to avoid std::string in that case.
>
> But as John said a few mails ago, it seems the C is not enough to implement all the required features.

ICU provides C++ API but it does not use std::string. It operates on char * or UnicodeString objects.

>
> In addition to that, having ICU in 3rd parties makes Qt easier to build on Windows. Developers who build their own Qt need not go and look at how to build ICU, debug vs release flags, etc.
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