Function LASfopen

src/mydefs.cpp:244–290

Opens a file with the specified filename and mode, converting filename and mode to UTF-16 on Windows.

/// Opens a file with the specified filename and mode, converting filename and mode to UTF-16 on Windows.
FILE* LASfopen(const char* const filename, const char* const mode) {
  if (filename == nullptr || mode == nullptr || mode[0] == '\0') {
    return nullptr;
  }
  FILE* file = nullptr;

#ifdef _WIN32
  wchar_t* utf16_file_name = nullptr;
  wchar_t* utf16_mode = nullptr;

#ifdef FORCE_UTF8_PATH
  utf16_file_name = UTF8toUTF16(filename);
#else
  if (validate_utf8(filename)) {
    utf16_file_name = UTF8toUTF16(filename);
  } else {
    utf16_file_name = ANSItoUTF16(filename);
  }
  // mode can be converted with UTF8toUTF16, as it contains only ASCII characters
  utf16_mode = UTF8toUTF16(mode);

  if (utf16_file_name && utf16_mode) {
    file = _wfopen(utf16_file_name, utf16_mode);
  }
  delete[] utf16_file_name;
  delete[] utf16_mode;
#endif
#else
// The following block of code is deactivated as it is very unlikely to be needed under non-Windows systems.
// To re-enable, change #if 0 to #if 1.
#if 0
    char* utf8_file_name = nullptr;
  
    if (validate_utf8(filename)) {
      file = fopen(filename, mode);
    } else {
      utf8_file_name = ANSItoUTF8(filename);
      file = fopen(utf8_file_name, mode);
    }
    delete[] utf8_file_name;
#else
  file = fopen(filename, mode);
#endif
#endif

  return file;
}

/// <summary>
/// delete a file on common OS and report failure