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C++ Myth-Buster: UTF-8 Is a Simple Drop-in Replacement for ASCII char-based Strings in Existing Code
https://giodicanio.com/2024/11/21/c-plus-plus-myth-buster-utf-8-is-a-simple-drop-in-replacement-for-ascii-char-based-strings-in-existing-code/
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Let's bust a myth that is a source of many subtle bugs. Are you sure that you can simply drop UTF-8-encoded text in char-based strings that expect ASCII text, and your C++ code will still work fine?
