[Fwd: Re: locale_to_utf8 crashes on WinXP with Gtkmm 2.8.4 / Glibmm 2.8.6 and Gtk+ 2.8.18 / Glib 2.10.3]

[Vinzenz 'evilissimo' Feenstra <mailinglist evilissimo-softdev de>]

Murray Cumming schrieb:

> On Sat, 2006-06-03 at 01:19 +0200, Vinzenz 'evilissimo' Feenstra wrote:
>   
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm trying to use a string with german umlauts in an application and 
> > Glib::locale_to_utf8 returns an invalid string.
> > If I execute this:
> >
> > Glib::ustring test = Glib::locale_to_utf8("��);
> >
> > and I retrieve an  invalid object Glib::ustring the debugger shows me an 
> > Bad Pointer in this object.
> >
> > I'm wondering if this _can_ be a Glibmm problem or if it is more a Glib 
> > problem?
> >
> > Btw anyone knows another GTK+ package like this one from gladewin32.sf.net?
> >     
>
> This doesn't solve your problem, but: This should be caught by an
> exception, I think.
>
>   
No it is not, at least not in Debug Mode with VC++
Maybe the Gtk+ Build is not compatible to VC++ 8 / 2005

BR
Vinzenz