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<info><title>ctype</title>
  <keywordset>
    <keyword>ISO C++</keyword>
    <keyword>ctype</keyword>
  </keywordset>
</info>



<section xml:id="facet.ctype.impl"><info><title>Implementation</title></info>


  <section xml:id="facet.ctype.impl.spec"><info><title>Specializations</title></info>
    

<para>
For the required specialization <classname>codecvt&lt;wchar_t, char, mbstate_t&gt;</classname>,
conversions are made between the internal character set (always UCS4
on GNU/Linux) and whatever the currently selected locale for the
<code>LC_CTYPE</code> category implements.
</para>

<para>
The two required specializations are implemented as follows:
</para>

<para>
<code>
ctype&lt;char&gt;
</code>
</para>
<para>
This is simple specialization. Implementing this was a piece of cake.
</para>

<para>
<code>
ctype&lt;wchar_t&gt;
</code>
</para>
<para>
This specialization, by specifying all the template parameters, pretty
much ties the hands of implementors. As such, the implementation is
straightforward, involving <function>mcsrtombs</function> for the
conversions between <type>char</type> to <type>wchar_t</type> and
<function>wcsrtombs</function> for conversions between <type>wchar_t</type>
and <type>char</type>.
</para>

<para>
Neither of these two required specializations deals with Unicode
characters.
</para>

  </section>
</section>

<section xml:id="facet.ctype.future"><info><title>Future</title></info>



<itemizedlist>
   <listitem>
   <para>
   How to deal with the global locale issue?
   </para></listitem>

   <listitem>
   <para>
   How to deal with types other than <type>char</type>, <type>wchar_t</type>?
   </para></listitem>

   <listitem><para>
   Overlap between codecvt/ctype: narrow/widen
   </para></listitem>

   <listitem>
     <para>
       <type>mask</type> typedef in <classname>codecvt_base</classname>,
       argument types in <type>codecvt</type>.  what is know about this type?
   </para></listitem>

   <listitem>
   <para>
   Why mask* argument in codecvt?
   </para></listitem>

   <listitem>
     <para>
       Can this be made (more) generic? is there a simple way to
       straighten out the configure-time mess that is a by-product of
       this class?
   </para></listitem>

   <listitem>
     <para>
       Get the <type>ctype&lt;wchar_t&gt;::mask</type> stuff under control.
       Need to make some kind of static table, and not do lookup every time
       somebody hits the <code>do_is...</code> functions. Too bad we can't
       just redefine <type>mask</type> for
       <classname>ctype&lt;wchar_t&gt;</classname>
   </para></listitem>

   <listitem>
     <para>
       Rename abstract base class. See if just smash-overriding is a
       better approach. Clarify, add sanity to naming.
     </para>
   </listitem>

</itemizedlist>


</section>


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</section>
