Bug 1119075: Use standard unicode literals with VS2015 and later, r=waldo

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extra : rebase_source : f21d1d9eb7cfbc0ed90653f7aca2e9d9c9f9d735
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Brian Smith 2015-01-07 13:49:32 -08:00
parent ff76826a46
commit eb09895998

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@ -17,14 +17,15 @@
* is a 16-bit code unit of a Unicode code point, not a "character".
*/
#ifdef _MSC_VER
#if defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER < 1900
/*
* C++11 says char16_t is a distinct builtin type, but Windows's yvals.h
* typedefs char16_t as an unsigned short. We would like to alias char16_t
* to Windows's 16-bit wchar_t so we can declare UTF-16 literals as constant
* expressions (and pass char16_t pointers to Windows APIs). We #define
* _CHAR16T here in order to prevent yvals.h from overriding our char16_t
* typedefs, which we set to wchar_t for C++ code.
* typedefs char16_t as an unsigned short prior to MSVC 2015, which
* implemented C++11's distinct char16_t type). We would like to alias
* char16_t to Windows's 16-bit wchar_t so we can declare UTF-16 literals as
* constant expressions (and pass char16_t pointers to Windows APIs). We
* #define _CHAR16T here in order to prevent yvals.h from overriding our
* char16_t typedefs, which we set to wchar_t for C++ code.
*
* In addition, #defining _CHAR16T will prevent yvals.h from defining a
* char32_t type, so we have to undo that damage here and provide our own,
@ -51,13 +52,14 @@ typedef unsigned int char32_t;
# include <string>
/**
* Win32 API extensively uses wchar_t, which is represented by a separated
* builtin type than char16_t per spec. It's not the case for MSVC, but GCC
* follows the spec. We want to mix wchar_t and char16_t on Windows builds.
* This class is supposed to make it easier. It stores char16_t const pointer,
* but provides implicit casts for wchar_t as well. On other platforms, we
* simply use |typedef const char16_t* char16ptr_t|. Here, we want to make
* the class as similar to this typedef, including providing some casts that
* are allowed by the typedef.
* builtin type than char16_t per spec. It's not the case for MSVC prior to
* MSVC 2015, but other compilers follow the spec. We want to mix wchar_t and
* char16_t on Windows builds. This class is supposed to make it easier. It
* stores char16_t const pointer, but provides implicit casts for wchar_t as
* well. On other platforms, we simply use
* |typedef const char16_t* char16ptr_t|. Here, we want to make the class as
* similar to this typedef, including providing some casts that are allowed
* by the typedef.
*/
class char16ptr_t
{