Re: Charset API for C++

[Ahmad Khalifa <ahmad at khalifa dot ws>]

Quoting lemine dot abdallahi at wanadoo dot fr:
> To be precise: A lot of APIs exist in the nature, some are not easy to use
> (recode,  libiconv (C) ), some are proprietary ( IBM ICU ), some are not
> standard ( ?? The problem is to define what a standard is ).
> How to make a realistic choice which follows a "standard" which is not
> difficult to use and not patented ... ?

ICU is MIT-like Lisenced, so you can use it (if you choose to) in any project,
open source or commercial. Its only problem is that its a huge Library, if you
can extract the conversion code only, then you should use it... It complies to
standards...


ak.