Here is what happens when a language provides only narrow-char API for
filenames:
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 15:18:00 +0100
From: Peter Jolly
I have a filename as an UTF-8 encoded string. I need to be able to handle strange chars like accents, Asian chars etc.
Is there any way to create a file with that name? I only need it on Win32.
Windows uses UTF-16 for filenames, but provides a non-Unicode interface for legacy applications; the standard open() function that OCaml's open_out wraps appears to use the legacy interface. The precise codepage this uses is system-dependent, and AFAIK there's no way for a program to determine what it is without calling out to the Win32 API, but you can be pretty sure it won't be UTF-8. In other words, there is no reliable way to use a filename containing non-ASCII characters with OCaml's standard library.
Or should I solve this problem by talking directly to the Win32-api?
This is probably the best solution. A combination of CreateFileW() and MultiByteToWideChar() should do what you want. ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners -------------------- End of forwarded message -------------------- -- __("< Marcin Kowalczyk \__/ qrczak@knm.org.pl ^^ http://qrnik.knm.org.pl/~qrczak/