3
Terms and definitions
[intro.defs]
3.9
[defns.character]
character
⟨library⟩ object which, when treated sequentially, can represent text
[
Note
1
:
The term does not mean only
char
,
char8_
t
,
char16_
t
,
char32_
t
, and
wchar_
t
objects (
[basic.
fundamental]
), but any value that can be represented by a type that provides the definitions specified in
[strings]
,
[localization]
,
[input.
output]
, or
[re]
.
—
end note
]