Core types

using code_point = char32_t

Many algorithms in ogonek operate on sequences of code points. The sequences themselves can have any type, but their elements must be code points. code_point is the type used to represent code points. It is an alias for the standard C++ char32_t type.

All code_point arguments in Ogonek are required to be valid, i.e. in the range [0..10FFFF₁₆]; otherwise the behaviour is undefined. The results of Ogonek functions never include code_point values outside this range.

using byte = std::uint8_t

Encoding schemes and some encoding forms take input or produce output in the form of bytes or sequences of bytes. The type used to represent bytes in ogonek is called byte, an alias for the standard C++ uint8_t type.