If someone else (besides myself) is having GREAT pains using wchar[]s with Phobos runtime library std.string functions, then this module might be very(StringW.d) usefull, and hopefully Walter will fix the naming / parameter conflicts that are going on between the char[], wchar[], and dchar[] characters.


Darn it! If I'd just kept my head in the sand, my project would've been farther along, but I got the bright idea the other day to switch from using char[]'s to wchar[]s to make the code more useful to others. Yet I'm still glad I did make the change, I just hope things can be solved soon.

Anyways here's a link to download StringW.d from my "Support Projects" page: http://spottedtiger.tripod.com/D_Language/D_Support_Projects_XP.html

And here's some info from the readme:
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' File / Module : stringw.d / std.stringw
' Version       : v0.1 beta
' Author        : David L. 'SpottedTiger' Davis
' Complied      : DigitalMars "D" aka Mars v0.101
' Created Date  : 03.Sep.04 Complied and tested with dmd v0.101
' Modified Date : 04.Sep.04 Added unittests for every function.
'               :
'               : Darn it...I just had to add a "W" suffix to the
'               : function names so these function can play in the same
'               : sandbox as Phobos' std.string function.
'               :
' Requirements  : Must complie with dmd v0.92+ and above,
'               : because of default parameters were used.
' Licence       : Public Domain
' ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Note: This module is meant to extend Phobos' std.string functions
' with support for wchar[] characters. Also though Phobos' char[] functions
' were used as the bases for these functions, only function descriptions
' and most of unittest were copied and used here. As for the look alike
' wchar[] functions, I've rewritten them all... and thus, this code may not
' perform as well as code written by Walter. Over time I hope to add more
' functions, and to better fine tune the existing ones more.
'
' Wide-Character (16-bit) "Non-Case Sensitive" functions.
' 01) int ifindW( in wchar[], in wchar )
' 02) int ifindW( in wchar[], in wchar[] )
' 03) int irfindW( in wchar[], in wchar )
' 04) int irfindW( in wchar[], in wchar[] )
' 05) int icmpW( in wchar[], in wchar[] )
' 06) wchar[] ireplaceW( in wchar[], in wchar[], in wchar[] )
' 07) int icountW( in wchar[], in wchar[] )
' 08) int ifindxW( in wchar[], in wchar[], in int = 0 )
' 09) int irfindxW( in wchar[], in wchar[], in int = 0 )
' 10) wchar[][] isplitW( in wchar[], in wchar[] )
'
' Wide-Character (16-bit) "Case Sensitive" functions.
' 01) int findW( in wchar[], in wchar )
' 02) int findW( in wchar[], in wchar[] )
' 03) int rfindW( in wchar[], in wchar )
' 04) int rfindW( in wchar[], in wchar[] )
' 05) int cmpW( in wchar[], in wchar[] )
' 06) wchar[] replaceW( in wchar[], in wchar[], in wchar[] )
' 07) int countW( in wchar[], in wchar[]
' 08) int findxW( in wchar[], in wchar[], in int = 0 )
' 09) int rfindxW( in wchar[], in wchar[], in int = 0 )
' 10) wchar[][] splitW( in wchar[], in wchar[] )
'
+/

Unzip "stringw.d", which will put the file into the "\dmd\src\phobos\std" directory. Then to use the module within your code just add the line "import std.stringw;" and you're set.

David L.

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