It's not that bad really - you just convert at the win32 API call boundary. Also...

		account42 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: WorstFit: Unveiling Hidden Transformers in Windows... It's not that bad really - you just convert at the win32 API call boundary. Also, it's not UCS-2. Also not UTF-16. Windows uses WTF-16 internally and if you want 100% compatibility that's what you need to target.