Re: [AD] Windows unicode filename support

[aj <aj@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Evert Glebbeek wrote:
> On Thursday 20 April 2006 06:34, Victor wrote:
>   
> > Can we use wchar_t? This wouldn't introduce compatibility problems (eg:
> > VC++, BCC or Watcom) or issues like "allegro must be C89"?
> >     
>
> wchar_t is C89, judging by by copy of K&R, so it should be fine.
>   


MSVC7,8   has an option     /Zc:wchar_t   to set it as a built in type  
(perhaps msvc6 does too)
else i presume if its not a built in type, it will be defined in header 
files.


from msvc7.1
ctype.h

#ifndef _WCHAR_T_DEFINED
typedef unsigned short wchar_t;
#define _WCHAR_T_DEFINED
#endif