P3876

Extending <charconv> support to more character types

R3

`std::to_chars` and `std::from_chars` currently only provide support for `char`, which causes several usability problems. This paper proposes to extend support to all other character types, with essentially the same behavior.

Authors
Jan Schultke, Peter Bindels
Mailing
2026-09
Doc date
2026-08-31
Audience
LEWG

Revision history

  1. 2026-09
    R3 Selected (shown above)
  2. 2026-05
    R2 SG16

    Extending <charconv> support to more character types

  3. 2026-02
    R1 SG16

    Extending <charconv> support to more character types