unicode string in c++ with boost

问题:

I want to use unicode string in c++ with any library which implements a lot of its routine. I want to work with the boost libraries. And I found locale library. But I did not find that a lot of people use it, don't they? What can you say from your experience about this library? Are there any other boost libraries which implements unicode string routine?

UPDATE:

There is a problem with the use of another libraries in some my modules. I don't want to tie them to a lot of different libraries (boost is ok), but I need a unicode string routine (mb class). Why unicode? Mb in some characters of the strings will appear japanese symbols or from other language. And they must be treated as english characters.

回答1:

EDIT

See the comments for the better answer and please stop adding new ones. I cannot delete this as it is the accepted answer...

回答2:

Please excuse the self promotion here, but you might be interested in the answer I wrote here: What are the tradeoffs between boost::locale and std::locale?, comparing boost::locale to std::locale.

Depending on what you need to do with your text, boost::locale is probably the best approach to adding unicode support to your c++ code. This is especially true if you need cross platform support, or you want to use UTF-8 on Windows.