21 Strings library [strings]

21.2 Character traits [char.traits]

21.2.3 char_traits specializations [char.traits.specializations]

21.2.3.2 struct char_traits<char16_t> [char.traits.specializations.char16_t]

namespace std {
  template<> struct char_traits<char16_t> {
    typedef char16_t        char_type;
    typedef uint_least16_t  int_type;
    typedef streamoff       off_type;
    typedef u16streampos    pos_type;
    typedef mbstate_t       state_type;

    static void assign(char_type& c1, const char_type& c2) noexcept;
    static constexpr bool eq(char_type c1, char_type c2) noexcept;
    static constexpr bool lt(char_type c1, char_type c2) noexcept;

    static int compare(const char_type* s1, const char_type* s2, size_t n);
    static size_t length(const char_type* s);
    static const char_type* find(const char_type* s, size_t n,
                                 const char_type& a);
    static char_type* move(char_type* s1, const char_type* s2, size_t n);
    static char_type* copy(char_type* s1, const char_type* s2, size_t n);
    static char_type* assign(char_type* s, size_t n, char_type a);

    static constexpr int_type not_eof(int_type c) noexcept;
    static constexpr char_type to_char_type(int_type c) noexcept;
    static constexpr int_type to_int_type(char_type c) noexcept;
    static constexpr bool eq_int_type(int_type c1, int_type c2) noexcept;
    static constexpr int_type eof() noexcept;
  };
}

The type u16streampos shall be an implementation-defined type that satisfies the requirements for pos_type in [iostreams.limits.pos] and [iostream.forward].

The two-argument members assign, eq, and lt shall be defined identically to the built-in operators =, ==, and < respectively.

The member eof() shall return an implementation-defined constant that cannot appear as a valid UTF-16 code unit.