On Fri, 2014-08-15 at 15:40 -0400, ArbolOne wrote: > I see, VC has it's own way of doing things, thank you for advice. One > more question, where can I have reference to standard library? http://en.cppreference.com is usually a good place to start. > > On 15/08/2014 11:54 AM, Jonathan Wakely wrote: > > On 15 August 2014 16:49, ArbolOne wrote: > >> In my Windows 7 this code doesn't work: > >> std::wstring& getFileName() { > >> return file_name; > >> } > >> myMethod(){ > >> wchar_t tmp = *getFileName().c_str() ; > >> std::wifstream infile( tmp ); // <<-- error: invalid conversion > >> from 'wchar_t' to 'const char*' [-fpermissive] > >> return infile.good( ); > >> } > >> > >> > >> It seems to me that std::wifstream does not accept wchar_t as a value > >> type, but only const char*, contrary to to what is explained in > >> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/3b5w4311.aspx > > That is describing the MS library, it's not the standard. > > > >> Where did I go wrong? or, is this a bug? > > No, the standard says that basic_fstream always takes narrow character > > strings to specify the filename, even if the stream itself uses wide > > characters. >
