I see so many options for C++ string types.

std::string
std::u16string
std::u8string
CString
Platform::String
wchar_t
char

Narrowing this down a bit, my 3 options seem to be:

std::string – standard C++ string

CString – something Microsoft invented

Platform::String – .Net managed string

Platform::string sounds appealing, my program does compile with /clr

CString – might have benefits? I’m not familiar with this one. I’ve seen recomendations to avoid it.

std::string – C++ standard. Are there any memory management issues? Is it just a glorified ASCIIZ null terminatrd C string?

I have an old program using char, compiled with multi-byte character set. I upgrade from vs2012 to vs2013 (c++ library 110 t 120), get a message i need to switch to unicode. Ok what are the pros and cons of each option above?

Tried switching C++ compiler option from MBCS to Unicode, got a lot of errors and warnings.