Starting a new Windows app: Should I use _TCHAR or wchar_t for text?

Question

I\'m coding up a new (personal hobby) app for Windows in c++.

In previous low-level Windows stuff I\'ve used _TCHAR (or just TCHAR) arrays/basic_strings

Answer 1

Use TCHAR. It opens your application for both UNICODE and non UNICODE deployment scenarions. Of course there is more pain with string converstions and usage of standard string manipulation functions.