[Wesnoth-dev] Re: towupper

[Wesnoth]

> > wchar has raised its head again. This caused some problems for MacOS X
> >
> > previously when multi-language support was added, but I we managed to
> > get around those with a variety of tactics. Now it is back again with
> > towupper.
> What kind of problems does towupper cause on OS X?
> It works for characters in the iso8859-1 range only as far as I can 
> tell
> with systems using glibc.
>
> Before toupper was used I think on the utf8 bytes which was wrong.
>
> Jon Daniel

The problem with MacOSX is that 10.2.8 does not support wchar type nor 
the towupper function.

Apple are still improving the support for standard Unix libraries for 
MacOSX. In 10.2.8 support for a number was there, but it was patchy. 
10.3 is a lot, lot better with complete support in the areas currently 
addressed.

So the options are:

1) leave a known bug... start the road to abandoning 10.2.8

2) modify main code

3) add a fudge towupper function to the Mac specific code.

Which is the best depends on the direction being taken.

:S

Best Wishes

Marcus