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3 Elementary types <unitypes.h>

The include file <unitypes.h> provides the following basic types.

Type: uint8_t ¶

Type: uint16_t ¶

Type: uint32_t ¶

These are the storage units of UTF-8/16/32 strings, respectively. The definitions are taken from <stdint.h>, on platforms where this include file is present.

Type: ucs4_t ¶

This type represents a single Unicode character, outside of an UTF-32 string.

The types ucs4_t and uint32_t happen to be identical. They differ in use and intent, however:

• Use uint32_t * to designate an UTF-32 string. Use ucs4_t to designate a single Unicode character, outside of an UTF-32 string.
• Conversions functions that take an UTF-32 string as input will usually perform a range-check on the uint32_t values. Whereas functions that are declared to take ucs4_t arguments will not perform such a range-check.