Making TCHAR* compatible with char*
So a 开发者_开发问答quick question how do I make TCHAR* (or wchar_t as its a macro) work with char*?
I am using the unicode character set.
The code that is the problem is:
TCHAR* D3DDevTypeToString(D3DDEVTYPE devType) {
switch (devType) {
case D3DDEVTYPE_HAL:
return TEXT("D3DDEVTYPE_HAL");
case D3DDEVTYPE_SW:
return TEXT("D3DDEVTYPE_SW");
case D3DDEVTYPE_REF:
return TEXT("D3DDEVTYPE_REF");
default:
return TEXT("Unknown devType");
}
}
The obvious solution is to change TCHAR* to char* but I would like to keep it as TCHAR* if possible.
Thanks.
And yes I am using the unicode character set.
Then you cannot make TCHAR compatible with char. Because if you're using UCS, then TCHAR is wchar_t. The type char
is not related in any way to wchar_t
. You could do some work to convert the string (using e.g. WideCharToMultiByte
), but then you'd lose Unicode support.
TCHAR
could be wchar_t
or char
, depeding upon whether the macro UNICODE
is defined or not.
- If the macro
UNICODE
is defined, thenTCHAR
meanswchar_t
. In this case, you cannot useTCHAR
in place of, or with,char
. It's dangerous! - If it's not defined, then
TCHAR
meanschar
. In this case, you can useTCHAR
in place of, or with,char
. After all, they're same now.
Write a converter from UTF-16 to UTF-8 (or use the win32 API function if that's what it does). Make it generic so it can work on char*, wchar_t*, std::string, and std::wstring. Write a templated function string_cast and let the second parameter be figured out by the compiler. Override string_cast for the different combinations you will be using. Convert between TCHAR* to std::string with string_cast and then it doesn't matter how TCHAR is defined (assuming you overrode for both char and wchar_t.
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