Re: [Libxmlplusplus-general] newbie question: libxml++ vs. xerces-C++

[darco <darco deepdarc com>]

On Tuesday, December 17, 2002, at 12:17 AM, Murray Cumming wrote:

> >   2) Xerces-C++ seems to use Unicode while libxml doesn't.  Should I
> >      care?  Or am I missing something?
>
> libxml does use Unicode (UTF8) in its API, but libxml++ currently uses
> std::string, which is not meant for UTF8. In future we will use
> Glib::ustring from glibmm, currently part of gtkmm:
> http://www.gtkmm.org/gtkmm2/docs/reference/html/ 
> classGlib_1_1ustring.html

Would there be any way to do this without creating a dependency on  
Gtkmm?

Glib::ustring is a very useful class... I would be using it in alot  
more of my programs if I could remove the dependency on GtkMM. Any  
chances of it being spun off into a different package so that other  
tools could use it without needing Gtkmm, or Glib?

It would be nice if it could be added to STLPort... But I suppose  
that's a long shot.

--- darco
http://www.deepdarc.com/