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SL.str: char* vs wchar_t* vs std::string
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Description
I can not understand from the guide when I should use char* and when I should use std::string in parameters and return value.
In most of the examples you use char*, but is not that little too imprecise?
What about the difference between char* and wchar_t*?
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