Nim support for C/C++’s wide strings.

Types

Utf16Char = distinct int16

WideCString = ref UncheckedArray[Utf16Char]

WideCStringObj = WideCString

Procs

proc `$`(s: WideCString): string {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}

proc `$`(w: WideCString; estimate: int; replacement: int = 0x0000FFFD): string {.
    ...raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}

proc len(w: WideCString): int {....raises: [], tags: [], forbids: [].}

returns the length of a widestring. This traverses the whole string to find the binary zero end marker! Source Edit

proc newWideCString(s: cstring): WideCStringObj {....raises: [], tags: [],
    forbids: [].}

proc newWideCString(s: string): WideCStringObj {....raises: [], tags: [],
    forbids: [].}

proc newWideCString(size: int): WideCStringObj {....raises: [], tags: [],
    forbids: [].}

proc newWideCString(source: cstring; L: int): WideCStringObj {....raises: [],
    tags: [], forbids: [].}