Convert const char* to wstring

Question

I\'m working on a native extension for a zinc based flash application and I need to convert a const char* to a wstring.

This is my code:

Answer 1

You need a library that can encode/decode UTF8. Unfortunately, this functionality isn't included with the std c++ library. Here's one library you might use: http://utfcpp.sourceforge.net/

Here's an example use of it:

utf8::utf8to32(bytes.begin(), bytes.end(), std::back_inserter(wstr));