>   Thus it would be useful to know what type to use for
> wchar_t, so that I can make attr_t the same.  I've had a request to make it
> a fixed width type, so how about u_int32_t?

Yes. Go with this. There is an ISO character set standard (eclipsed by
unicode, thankfully) which uses 4-byte characters.

I forget the ISO number, but something like 10617 feels close.

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ best.com