wcout not writing wide character out to command prompt

I am attempting to write the following character out in win开发者_如何学Pythondows command prompt: ｭ (U+FF6D).

I am able to see the character get written out using WriteConsoleW. I am also able to see the character if i use WideCharToMultiByte using the CP_ACP code page (chcp returns 932: Japanese). However, when I attempt to use regular wcout on the same string which WriteConsoleW successfully prints, it chokes.

When I execute setlocale(LC_ALL, "") it prints English_UnitedStates.1252 (the default code page that I had when I installed).

Why is wcout failing when the others are succeeding?

Note: I rebooted the machine to change its system locale to Japan Japanese

The default locale for C++ iostreams is always the "C" locale. From the C++03 standard, §27.4.2.3/4:

locale getloc() const;

If no locale has been imbued, a copy of the global C++ locale, locale(), in effect at the time of construction.

From §22.1.1.2/1-2:

locale() throw();

Default constructor: a snapshot of the current global locale.

Constructs a copy of the argument last passed to locale::global(locale&), if it has been called; else, the resulting facets have virtual function semantics identical to those of locale::classic().

From §22.1.1.5/4-6:

static const locale& classic();

The "C" locale.

Returns: A locale that implements the classic "C" locale semantics, equivalent to the value locale("C").

Notes: This locale, its facets, and their member functions, do not change with time.

As std::cout and std::wcout have static storage duration, they are guaranteed to be initialized before main is called, and consequently will always have the "C" locale at application startup; i.e., there is no point early enough in execution that one can call locale::global and change the default locale for std::cout and std::wcout. Thus, you must always imbue the global streams yourself if you want to use a non-default code page.

wcout is created before any code in main executes. By the time you call setlocale, wcout is already there, ready to do its thing. It makes no attempt at tracking subsequent changes you might make with setlocale, so it continues to use the default instead of whatever you set with setlocale.