std::codecvt_base(3)

🌸 std::codecvt_base — bestie edition 🌸

okay so real talk, this page lives in the Library Functions Manual and it's from libstdc++ (that's the GNU C++ standard library, the whole vibe). it's a std::codecvt_base(3) situation and honestly? she's short, she's iconic, let's get into it 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

std::codecvt_base — the empty base class for the codecvt facet, straight out of [22.2.1.5] 🦋

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <locale>

so the way this works is she gets inherited by a whole little squad of std::__codecvt_abstract_base instantiations, and here they all are, no gatekeeping:

• std::__codecvt_abstract_base< _InternT, _ExternT, encoding_state >
• std::__codecvt_abstract_base< char, char, mbstate_t >
• std::__codecvt_abstract_base< char16_t, char, mbstate_t >
• std::__codecvt_abstract_base< char32_t, char, mbstate_t >
• std::__codecvt_abstract_base< wchar_t, char, mbstate_t >
• std::__codecvt_abstract_base< _Elem, char, mbstate_t >
• and std::__codecvt_abstract_base< _InternT, _ExternT, _StateT >

seven of them. she's a mother to seven templates fr fr 😭💖

🧚 Public Types 🧚

there's exactly one public type here and it's lowkey the whole personality of the class:

• enum result { ok, partial, error, noconv } — the four moods. that's it, that's the enum. four states of conversion feelings and you get all of them 💀

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👑 Detailed Description 👑

okay so deep breath because this is gonna be quick:

Empty base class for codecvt facet [22.2.1.5].

that's it. that's the description. she's empty. she's a base. she's holding up the entire codecvt facet family with absolutely nothing inside her and honestly? that's main character energy. the audacity. the power. we stan an empty base class 🫶✨

not me being obsessed with a class that literally contains nothing except a single enum. the confidence is unmatched. periodt.

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🌈 Author 🌈

Generated automatically by Doxygen for libstdc++ from the source code.

(so nobody hand-wrote this one, the robot did it, and the robot ate. no cap 🤖💜)

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anyway bestie that's the whole page, it's giving minimalist queen, it's giving scaffolding with a dream, and it was documented for libstdc++ — go forth and inherit responsibly, ily, bye 💖🎀🦋🌸✨💅