the MS compiler uses wchar_t as UCS2, not UTF-16 for example all of the C++ types have platform dependence - expecting a specific number of bits or encoding fo

the MS compiler uses wchar_t as UCS2, not UTF-16 for example all of the C++ types have platform dependence - expecting a specific number of bits or encoding for wchar_t would make an exception of it, and one that would be impossible to implement in practice.