wmain

Can we use wmain() functions with Unix compilers or it'll work only on\for windows? The only standard signatures for main are: int main(void); int main(int argc, char *argv[]); However, a freestanding implementation can provide extensions/allow other signatures. But those are not guranteed to be portable. wmain looks like a Windows/VS thing. There's not much chance this will work on a *nix/GNU GCC. The wmain signature exists in Windows to handle wide-character command line arguments. Generally, while Windows applications prefer UTF16, Unix applications prefer UTF8 for Unicode string encoding.

So I have some class starting with #include <wchar.h> #include <stdlib.h> and there is a wmain function . How is it different from main function i usually use in my C/C++ programs? "If your code adheres to the Unicode programming model, you can use the wide-character version of main, which is wmain." http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa299386%28VS.60%29.aspx main( int argc, char *argv[ ], char *envp[ ] ) { program-statements } wmain( int argc, wchar_t *argv[ ], wchar_t *envp[ ] ) { program-statements } The difference between main and wmain is the type used to represent the arguments to