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authorFriedemann Kleint <Friedemann.Kleint@qt.io>2018-01-04 14:33:06 +0100
committerFriedemann Kleint <Friedemann.Kleint@qt.io>2018-01-08 04:52:43 +0000
commitb096c53d593a313a6372bffb35f45cdc0e1ffd21 (patch)
tree31b9eb39439c6fb0055c167b1105489728ae6bbf
parent78f234d5dd7face13dd88fd777fa27497590b34d (diff)
QtCore: Raise minimum supported MSVC version to 2015
Remove code for older versions and streamline #ifdefs. Task-number: QTBUG-51673 Change-Id: I211703189ff12f827d94914093369736b6e65d4a Reviewed-by: Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira@intel.com>
-rw-r--r--src/corelib/global/qcompilerdetection.h68
-rw-r--r--src/corelib/global/qglobal.cpp12
-rw-r--r--src/corelib/global/qglobal.h6
-rw-r--r--src/corelib/global/qlibraryinfo.cpp10
-rw-r--r--src/corelib/global/qnumeric_p.h4
-rw-r--r--src/corelib/io/qurlidna.cpp5
-rw-r--r--src/corelib/tools/qalgorithms.h2
-rw-r--r--src/corelib/tools/qbytearray.cpp4
-rw-r--r--src/corelib/tools/qbytearraymatcher.h5
-rw-r--r--src/corelib/tools/qchar.cpp2
-rw-r--r--src/corelib/tools/qdatetime.cpp4
-rw-r--r--src/corelib/tools/qhash.h2
-rw-r--r--src/corelib/tools/qstring.h2
-rw-r--r--src/corelib/tools/qstringview.cpp3
14 files changed, 23 insertions, 106 deletions
diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qcompilerdetection.h b/src/corelib/global/qcompilerdetection.h
index 885cb96c1a..f3f3139d1a 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qcompilerdetection.h
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qcompilerdetection.h
@@ -89,9 +89,6 @@
# define Q_CC_MSVC (_MSC_VER)
# define Q_CC_MSVC_NET
# define Q_OUTOFLINE_TEMPLATE inline
-# if _MSC_VER < 1600
-# define Q_NO_TEMPLATE_FRIENDS
-# endif
# define Q_COMPILER_MANGLES_RETURN_TYPE
# define Q_FUNC_INFO __FUNCSIG__
# define Q_ALIGNOF(type) __alignof(type)
@@ -105,12 +102,8 @@
# endif
# define Q_DECL_EXPORT __declspec(dllexport)
# define Q_DECL_IMPORT __declspec(dllimport)
-# if _MSC_VER >= 1800
-# define QT_MAKE_UNCHECKED_ARRAY_ITERATOR(x) stdext::make_unchecked_array_iterator(x)
-# endif
-# if _MSC_VER >= 1500
-# define QT_MAKE_CHECKED_ARRAY_ITERATOR(x, N) stdext::make_checked_array_iterator(x, size_t(N))
-# endif
+# define QT_MAKE_UNCHECKED_ARRAY_ITERATOR(x) stdext::make_unchecked_array_iterator(x) // Since _MSC_VER >= 1800
+# define QT_MAKE_CHECKED_ARRAY_ITERATOR(x, N) stdext::make_checked_array_iterator(x, size_t(N)) // Since _MSC_VER >= 1500
/* Intel C++ disguising as Visual C++: the `using' keyword avoids warnings */
# if defined(__INTEL_COMPILER)
# define Q_DECL_VARIABLE_DEPRECATED
@@ -564,7 +557,7 @@
*/
#ifdef __cplusplus
-# if __cplusplus < 201103L && !(defined(Q_CC_MSVC) && Q_CC_MSVC >= 1800)
+# if __cplusplus < 201103L && !defined(Q_CC_MSVC)
# error Qt requires a C++11 compiler and yours does not seem to be that.
# endif
#endif
@@ -636,22 +629,6 @@
# define Q_COMPILER_THREAD_LOCAL
# define Q_COMPILER_UDL
# endif
-# ifdef _MSC_VER
-# if _MSC_VER == 1700
-// <initializer_list> is missing with MSVC 2012 (it's present in 2010, 2013 and up)
-# undef Q_COMPILER_INITIALIZER_LISTS
-# endif
-# if _MSC_VER < 1900
-// ICC disables unicode string support when compatibility mode with MSVC 2013 or lower is active
-# undef Q_COMPILER_UNICODE_STRINGS
-// Even though ICC knows about ref-qualified members, MSVC 2013 or lower doesn't, so
-// certain member functions (like QString::toUpper) may be missing from the DLLs.
-# undef Q_COMPILER_REF_QUALIFIERS
-// Disable constexpr unless the MS headers have constexpr in all the right places too
-// (like std::numeric_limits<T>::max())
-# undef Q_COMPILER_CONSTEXPR
-# endif
-# endif
# elif defined(__STDC_VERSION__) && __STDC_VERSION__ > 199901L s
// C11 features supported. Only tested with ICC 17 and up.
# define Q_COMPILER_STATIC_ASSERT
@@ -932,11 +909,9 @@
#if defined(Q_CC_MSVC)
# if defined(__cplusplus)
-# if _MSC_VER >= 1400
/* C++11 features supported in VC8 = VC2005: */
# define Q_COMPILER_VARIADIC_MACROS
-# ifndef __cplusplus_cli
/* 2005 supports the override and final contextual keywords, in
the same positions as the C++11 variants, but 'final' is
called 'sealed' instead:
@@ -945,12 +920,7 @@
"virtual" keyword to be present too, so don't define for that.
So don't define Q_COMPILER_EXPLICIT_OVERRIDES (since it's not
the same as the C++11 version), but define the Q_DECL_* flags
- accordingly: */
-# define Q_DECL_OVERRIDE override
-# define Q_DECL_FINAL sealed
-# endif
-# endif
-# if _MSC_VER >= 1600
+ accordingly. */
/* C++11 features supported in VC10 = VC2010: */
# define Q_COMPILER_AUTO_FUNCTION
# define Q_COMPILER_AUTO_TYPE
@@ -960,57 +930,31 @@
# define Q_COMPILER_NULLPTR
# define Q_COMPILER_RVALUE_REFS
# define Q_COMPILER_STATIC_ASSERT
-// MSVC's library has std::initializer_list, but the compiler does not support the braces initialization
-//# define Q_COMPILER_INITIALIZER_LISTS
-//# define Q_COMPILER_UNIFORM_INIT
-# endif
-# if _MSC_VER >= 1700
/* C++11 features supported in VC11 = VC2012: */
-# undef Q_DECL_OVERRIDE /* undo 2005/2008 settings... */
-# undef Q_DECL_FINAL /* undo 2005/2008 settings... */
# define Q_COMPILER_EXPLICIT_OVERRIDES /* ...and use std C++11 now */
# define Q_COMPILER_CLASS_ENUM
# define Q_COMPILER_ATOMICS
-# endif /* VC 11 */
-# if _MSC_VER >= 1800
/* C++11 features in VC12 = VC2013 */
-/* Implemented, but can't be used on move special members */
-/* # define Q_COMPILER_DEFAULT_MEMBERS */
# define Q_COMPILER_DELETE_MEMBERS
# define Q_COMPILER_DELEGATING_CONSTRUCTORS
# define Q_COMPILER_EXPLICIT_CONVERSIONS
# define Q_COMPILER_NONSTATIC_MEMBER_INIT
-// implemented, but nested initialization fails (eg tst_qvector): http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/800364/initializer-list-calls-object-destructor-twice
-// #define Q_COMPILER_INITIALIZER_LISTS
-// implemented in principle, but has a bug that makes it unusable: http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/802058/c-11-unified-initialization-fails-with-c-style-arrays
-// #define Q_COMPILER_UNIFORM_INIT
# define Q_COMPILER_RAW_STRINGS
# define Q_COMPILER_TEMPLATE_ALIAS
# define Q_COMPILER_VARIADIC_TEMPLATES
-# endif /* VC 12 */
-# if _MSC_FULL_VER >= 180030324 // VC 12 SP 2 RC
-# define Q_COMPILER_INITIALIZER_LISTS
-# endif /* VC 12 SP 2 RC */
-# if _MSC_VER >= 1900
+# define Q_COMPILER_INITIALIZER_LISTS // VC 12 SP 2 RC
/* C++11 features in VC14 = VC2015 */
# define Q_COMPILER_DEFAULT_MEMBERS
# define Q_COMPILER_ALIGNAS
# define Q_COMPILER_ALIGNOF
-// Partial support, insufficient for Qt
-//# define Q_COMPILER_CONSTEXPR
# define Q_COMPILER_INHERITING_CONSTRUCTORS
# define Q_COMPILER_NOEXCEPT
# define Q_COMPILER_RANGE_FOR
# define Q_COMPILER_REF_QUALIFIERS
# define Q_COMPILER_THREAD_LOCAL
-// Broken, see QTBUG-47224 and https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/1549785
-//# define Q_COMPILER_THREADSAFE_STATICS
# define Q_COMPILER_UDL
# define Q_COMPILER_UNICODE_STRINGS
-// Uniform initialization is not working yet -- build errors with QUuid
-//# define Q_COMPILER_UNIFORM_INIT
# define Q_COMPILER_UNRESTRICTED_UNIONS
-# endif
# if _MSC_FULL_VER >= 190023419
# define Q_COMPILER_ATTRIBUTES
// Almost working, see https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/2011648
@@ -1315,7 +1259,7 @@
# define QT_WARNING_DISABLE_CLANG(text)
# define QT_WARNING_DISABLE_GCC(text)
# define QT_WARNING_DISABLE_DEPRECATED QT_WARNING_DISABLE_INTEL(1478 1786)
-#elif defined(Q_CC_MSVC) && _MSC_VER >= 1500 && !defined(Q_CC_CLANG)
+#elif defined(Q_CC_MSVC) && !defined(Q_CC_CLANG)
# undef QT_DO_PRAGMA /* not needed */
# define QT_WARNING_PUSH __pragma(warning(push))
# define QT_WARNING_POP __pragma(warning(pop))
diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qglobal.cpp b/src/corelib/global/qglobal.cpp
index a8fa7654ba..d37ccc9253 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qglobal.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qglobal.cpp
@@ -3249,7 +3249,7 @@ static QBasicMutex environmentMutex;
QByteArray qgetenv(const char *varName)
{
QMutexLocker locker(&environmentMutex);
-#if defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER >= 1400
+#ifdef Q_CC_MSVC
size_t requiredSize = 0;
QByteArray buffer;
getenv_s(&requiredSize, 0, 0, varName);
@@ -3364,7 +3364,7 @@ QString qEnvironmentVariable(const char *varName)
bool qEnvironmentVariableIsEmpty(const char *varName) Q_DECL_NOEXCEPT
{
QMutexLocker locker(&environmentMutex);
-#if defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER >= 1400
+#ifdef Q_CC_MSVC
// we provide a buffer that can only hold the empty string, so
// when the env.var isn't empty, we'll get an ERANGE error (buffer
// too small):
@@ -3405,7 +3405,7 @@ int qEnvironmentVariableIntValue(const char *varName, bool *ok) Q_DECL_NOEXCEPT
(std::numeric_limits<uint>::digits + NumBinaryDigitsPerOctalDigit - 1) / NumBinaryDigitsPerOctalDigit;
QMutexLocker locker(&environmentMutex);
-#if defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER >= 1400
+#ifdef Q_CC_MSVC
// we provide a buffer that can hold any int value:
char buffer[MaxDigitsForOctalInt + 2]; // +1 for NUL +1 for optional '-'
size_t dummy;
@@ -3452,7 +3452,7 @@ int qEnvironmentVariableIntValue(const char *varName, bool *ok) Q_DECL_NOEXCEPT
bool qEnvironmentVariableIsSet(const char *varName) Q_DECL_NOEXCEPT
{
QMutexLocker locker(&environmentMutex);
-#if defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER >= 1400
+#ifdef Q_CC_MSVC
size_t requiredSize = 0;
(void)getenv_s(&requiredSize, 0, 0, varName);
return requiredSize != 0;
@@ -3482,7 +3482,7 @@ bool qEnvironmentVariableIsSet(const char *varName) Q_DECL_NOEXCEPT
bool qputenv(const char *varName, const QByteArray& value)
{
QMutexLocker locker(&environmentMutex);
-#if defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER >= 1400
+#if defined(Q_CC_MSVC)
return _putenv_s(varName, value.constData()) == 0;
#elif (defined(_POSIX_VERSION) && (_POSIX_VERSION-0) >= 200112L) || defined(Q_OS_HAIKU)
// POSIX.1-2001 has setenv
@@ -3513,7 +3513,7 @@ bool qputenv(const char *varName, const QByteArray& value)
bool qunsetenv(const char *varName)
{
QMutexLocker locker(&environmentMutex);
-#if defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER >= 1400
+#if defined(Q_CC_MSVC)
return _putenv_s(varName, "") == 0;
#elif (defined(_POSIX_VERSION) && (_POSIX_VERSION-0) >= 200112L) || defined(Q_OS_BSD4) || defined(Q_OS_HAIKU)
// POSIX.1-2001, BSD and Haiku have unsetenv
diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qglobal.h b/src/corelib/global/qglobal.h
index 7873ab2b43..224288a1d4 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qglobal.h
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qglobal.h
@@ -927,13 +927,7 @@ QT_WARNING_DISABLE_MSVC(4514) /* unreferenced inline function has been removed *
QT_WARNING_DISABLE_MSVC(4800) /* 'type' : forcing value to bool 'true' or 'false' (performance warning) */
QT_WARNING_DISABLE_MSVC(4097) /* typedef-name 'identifier1' used as synonym for class-name 'identifier2' */
QT_WARNING_DISABLE_MSVC(4706) /* assignment within conditional expression */
-# if _MSC_VER <= 1310 // MSVC 2003
-QT_WARNING_DISABLE_MSVC(4786) /* 'identifier' : identifier was truncated to 'number' characters in the debug information */
-# endif
QT_WARNING_DISABLE_MSVC(4355) /* 'this' : used in base member initializer list */
-# if _MSC_VER < 1800 // MSVC 2013
-QT_WARNING_DISABLE_MSVC(4231) /* nonstandard extension used : 'identifier' before template explicit instantiation */
-# endif
QT_WARNING_DISABLE_MSVC(4710) /* function not inlined */
QT_WARNING_DISABLE_MSVC(4530) /* C++ exception handler used, but unwind semantics are not enabled. Specify /EHsc */
# elif defined(Q_CC_BOR)
diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qlibraryinfo.cpp b/src/corelib/global/qlibraryinfo.cpp
index b4ba0b5b2e..422d08f32c 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qlibraryinfo.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qlibraryinfo.cpp
@@ -318,15 +318,7 @@ QLibraryInfo::buildDate()
#elif defined(Q_CC_GNU)
# define COMPILER_STRING "GCC " __VERSION__
#elif defined(Q_CC_MSVC)
-# if _MSC_VER < 1600
-# define COMPILER_STRING "MSVC 2008"
-# elif _MSC_VER < 1700
-# define COMPILER_STRING "MSVC 2010"
-# elif _MSC_VER < 1800
-# define COMPILER_STRING "MSVC 2012"
-# elif _MSC_VER < 1900
-# define COMPILER_STRING "MSVC 2013"
-# elif _MSC_VER < 1910
+# if _MSC_VER < 1910
# define COMPILER_STRING "MSVC 2015"
# elif _MSC_VER < 2000
# define COMPILER_STRING "MSVC 2017"
diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qnumeric_p.h b/src/corelib/global/qnumeric_p.h
index dd249f8cc8..a352e39ef0 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qnumeric_p.h
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qnumeric_p.h
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ template <> inline bool mul_overflow(unsigned long long v1, unsigned long long v
# define HAVE_MUL64_OVERFLOW
#endif
-#if ((defined(Q_CC_MSVC) && _MSC_VER >= 1800) || defined(Q_CC_INTEL)) && defined(Q_PROCESSOR_X86) && !QT_HAS_BUILTIN(__builtin_uadd_overflow)
+#if (defined(Q_CC_MSVC) || defined(Q_CC_INTEL)) && defined(Q_PROCESSOR_X86) && !QT_HAS_BUILTIN(__builtin_uadd_overflow)
template <> inline bool add_overflow(unsigned v1, unsigned v2, unsigned *r)
{ return _addcarry_u32(0, v1, v2, r); }
# ifdef Q_CC_MSVC // longs are 32-bit
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ template <> inline bool add_overflow(unsigned long v1, unsigned long v2, unsigne
{ return _addcarry_u32(0, v1, v2, reinterpret_cast<unsigned *>(r)); }
# endif
#endif
-#if ((defined(Q_CC_MSVC) && _MSC_VER >= 1800) || defined(Q_CC_INTEL)) && defined(Q_PROCESSOR_X86_64) && !QT_HAS_BUILTIN(__builtin_uadd_overflow)
+#if (defined(Q_CC_MSVC) || defined(Q_CC_INTEL)) && defined(Q_PROCESSOR_X86_64) && !QT_HAS_BUILTIN(__builtin_uadd_overflow)
template <> inline bool add_overflow(quint64 v1, quint64 v2, quint64 *r)
{ return _addcarry_u64(0, v1, v2, reinterpret_cast<unsigned __int64 *>(r)); }
# ifndef Q_CC_MSVC // longs are 64-bit
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qurlidna.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qurlidna.cpp
index 226bc8ba28..2f8bd91f6e 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qurlidna.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qurlidna.cpp
@@ -60,11 +60,6 @@ struct NameprepCaseFoldingEntry {
ushort mapping[4];
};
-#if defined(Q_CC_MSVC) && _MSC_VER < 1600
-inline bool operator<(const NameprepCaseFoldingEntry &one, const NameprepCaseFoldingEntry &other)
-{ return one.uc < other.uc; }
-#endif
-
inline bool operator<(uint one, const NameprepCaseFoldingEntry &other)
{ return one < other.uc; }
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qalgorithms.h b/src/corelib/tools/qalgorithms.h
index c0f7709fec..1a03bfaac4 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qalgorithms.h
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qalgorithms.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
#include <QtCore/qglobal.h>
-#if defined(Q_CC_MSVC) && _MSC_VER > 1500
+#ifdef Q_CC_MSVC
#include <intrin.h>
#endif
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qbytearray.cpp b/src/corelib/tools/qbytearray.cpp
index 9b648adb06..adfa939cc6 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qbytearray.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qbytearray.cpp
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ char *qstrcpy(char *dst, const char *src)
{
if (!src)
return 0;
-#if defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER >= 1400
+#ifdef Q_CC_MSVC
const int len = int(strlen(src));
// This is actually not secure!!! It will be fixed
// properly in a later release!
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ char *qstrncpy(char *dst, const char *src, uint len)
if (!src || !dst)
return 0;
if (len > 0) {
-#if defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER >= 1400
+#ifdef Q_CC_MSVC
strncpy_s(dst, len, src, len - 1);
#else
strncpy(dst, src, len);
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qbytearraymatcher.h b/src/corelib/tools/qbytearraymatcher.h
index c1c0c3a660..dafaea9c12 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qbytearraymatcher.h
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qbytearraymatcher.h
@@ -134,9 +134,6 @@ private:
}
};
-QT_WARNING_PUSH
-QT_WARNING_DISABLE_MSVC(4351) // MSVC 2013: "new behavior: elements of array ... will be default initialized"
- // remove once we drop MSVC 2013 support
template <uint N>
class QStaticByteArrayMatcher : QStaticByteArrayMatcherBase
{
@@ -158,8 +155,6 @@ public:
QByteArray pattern() const { return QByteArray(m_pattern, int(N - 1)); }
};
-QT_WARNING_POP
-
template <uint N>
Q_DECL_RELAXED_CONSTEXPR QStaticByteArrayMatcher<N> qMakeStaticByteArrayMatcher(const char (&pattern)[N]) Q_DECL_NOTHROW
{ return QStaticByteArrayMatcher<N>(pattern); }
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qchar.cpp b/src/corelib/tools/qchar.cpp
index 31ea84a74e..94de69f075 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qchar.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qchar.cpp
@@ -624,8 +624,6 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
\since 5.10
Constructs a QChar corresponding to the UTF-16 character \a ch.
-
- \note This constructor is not available on MSVC 2013.
*/
/*!
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qdatetime.cpp b/src/corelib/tools/qdatetime.cpp
index 050f37dcd2..fccf1c4afa 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qdatetime.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qdatetime.cpp
@@ -2216,7 +2216,7 @@ static int qt_timezone()
static QString qt_tzname(QDateTimePrivate::DaylightStatus daylightStatus)
{
int isDst = (daylightStatus == QDateTimePrivate::DaylightTime) ? 1 : 0;
-#if defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER >= 1400
+#if defined(Q_CC_MSVC)
size_t s = 0;
char name[512];
if (_get_tzname(&s, name, 512, isDst))
@@ -2346,7 +2346,7 @@ static bool qt_localtime(qint64 msecsSinceEpoch, QDate *localDate, QTime *localT
res = localtime_r(&secsSinceEpoch, &local);
if (res)
valid = true;
-#elif defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER >= 1400
+#elif defined(Q_CC_MSVC)
if (!_localtime64_s(&local, &secsSinceEpoch))
valid = true;
#else
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qhash.h b/src/corelib/tools/qhash.h
index e7ce4b658f..ce663ce2ca 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qhash.h
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qhash.h
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ Q_OUTOFLINE_TEMPLATE bool QHash<Key, T>::operator==(const QHash &other) const
//
// ### Qt 6: if C++14 library support is a mandated minimum, remove the ifdef for MSVC.
if (!std::is_permutation(it, thisEqualRangeEnd, otherEqualRange.first
-#if defined(Q_CC_MSVC) && _MSC_VER >= 1900
+#ifdef Q_CC_MSVC
, otherEqualRange.second
#endif
)) {
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qstring.h b/src/corelib/tools/qstring.h
index af1513442a..808f388c89 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qstring.h
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qstring.h
@@ -1367,7 +1367,7 @@ inline std::wstring QString::toStdWString() const
std::wstring str;
str.resize(length());
-#if defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER >= 1400
+#ifdef Q_CC_MSVC
// VS2005 crashes if the string is empty
if (!length())
return str;
diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/qstringview.cpp b/src/corelib/tools/qstringview.cpp
index 9cefcd4531..0e3246c72c 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/qstringview.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/qstringview.cpp
@@ -371,8 +371,7 @@ QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
Returns a const pointer to the first character in the string.
- \c{storage_type} is \c{char16_t}, except on MSVC 2013 (which lacks \c char16_t support),
- where it is \c{wchar_t} instead.
+ \c{storage_type} is \c{char16_t}.
\note The character array represented by the return value is \e not null-terminated.