What is the optimal multiplatform way of dealing with Unicode strings under C++?

Same as Adam Rosenfield answer (+1), but I use UTFCPP instead.

I would strongly recommend using UTF-8 internally in your application, using regular old char* or std::string for data storage. For interfacing with APIs that use a different encoding (ASCII, UTF-16, etc.), I'd recommend using libiconv, which is licensed under the LGPL.

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