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> From: cfrolik AT purdue DOT edu
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 23:55:57 GMT
> 
> DJGPP (perhaps it is GCC in general?) seems to be missing a lot of the
> wide character support that is in the ANSI C++ standard.

That's true.  The reason is that the underlying functionality needs to
be supported in the C library, but that support is missing.

> Is there a patch or something that will add the full wide character
> support that I need?

Unfortunately, no.  Adding this is a non-trivial effort, and no one
has yet stepped forward to sit down and code that.

Sorry.