std::codecvt<InternT,ExternT,State>::always_noconv, do_always_noconv
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                    | Defined in header  <locale> | ||
| (1) | ||
| public: bool always_noconv() const throw(); | (until C++11) | |
| public: bool always_noconv() const noexcept; | (since C++11) | |
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| protected: virtual bool do_always_noconv() const throw(); | (until C++11) | |
| protected: virtual bool do_always_noconv() const noexcept; | (since C++11) | |
1) Public member function, calls the member function 
do_always_noconv of the most derived class.Return value
true if this conversion facet performs no conversions, false otherwise.
The non-converting specialization std::codecvt<char, char, std::mbstate_t> returns true
Notes
This function may be used e.g. in the implementation of std::basic_filebuf::underflow and std::basic_filebuf::overflow to use bulk character copy instead of calling std::codecvt::in or std::codecvt::out if it is known that the locale imbued in the std::basic_filebuf does not perform any conversions.
Example
Run this code
#include <locale> #include <iostream> int main() { std::cout << "The non-converting char<->char codecvt::always_noconv() returns " << std::boolalpha << std::use_facet<std::codecvt<char, char, std::mbstate_t>>( std::locale() ).always_noconv() << "\n" << "while wchar_t<->char codecvt::always_noconv() returns " << std::use_facet<std::codecvt<wchar_t, char, std::mbstate_t>>( std::locale() ).always_noconv() << "\n"; }
Output:
The non-converting char<->char codecvt::always_noconv() returns true while wchar_t<->char codecvt::always_noconv() returns false