[LCP]printf format question.

[Erik Mouw]

On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 11:26:47AM -0700, Angus Mackay wrote:
> yep, this sort of crap is done all the time on Windows. it is to convert the
> string to a wchar_t* if you want to compile a localizable version.

It's not crap, and it's also not only done on Windows. It is however
the way localisation is done, also on Unix. Check out some GNU source
(like glibc or gcc) and you'll find it used everywhere.


Erik

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