whchar_t and unicode?

Question

Hey guys I'm having trouble understanding what these two things mean. I know there are different kinds of char data types, but what are the differences and why should we use them, specifically whchar_t? and what is unicode? I'd appreciate the answers, thanks!

Answer 1

if you're using visual studio c++ or compiling on windows there is a problem for the compiler to manage both types so its preferrably to use wchar_t instead of char or you gonna watch many chinese caracters appear on your screen such as compiling win32 code with unicode preprocessor.