Q: char, wchar_t and operator << overloading

[Suman]

Hello All,

Given a structure:
struct s {
char *name;
wchar_t *surname;
};

I wish to define a friend function for the above struct:
std::ostream& operator<<(std: :ostream& out, const s& x);
or whatever suitable stream it should take, which would
print both members.So I can write stuff like:

s my_struct;
// fill it up
....
std::cout << my_struct;

AFAIK wchar_t requires wostream. Which is the root of
the problem. I can definitely convert the wchar_t stuff to some
multibyte char sequence and go through ostream. Does a
better alternative exist?

Regards,
Suman.

[Kirit Sælensminde]

Suman wrote:

Hello All,

Given a structure:
struct s {
char *name;
wchar_t *surname;
};

I wish to define a friend function for the above struct:
std::ostream& operator<<(std: :ostream& out, const s& x);
or whatever suitable stream it should take, which would
print both members.So I can write stuff like:

s my_struct;
// fill it up
...
std::cout << my_struct;

AFAIK wchar_t requires wostream. Which is the root of
the problem. I can definitely convert the wchar_t stuff to some
multibyte char sequence and go through ostream. Does a
better alternative exist?

Regards,
Suman.

The short answer is "no". The long answer is "No, there is no other
solution. And that conversion can be extremely complex.". Sorry.
K