Are char8_t and char16_t dynamic in size?

Question

Here is what I know:

• "UTF-8 is a variable-length character encoding standard used for electronic communication."
• Likewise, UTF-16 is a variable-length character encoding.

Here is what I wonder:

• Are char8_t and char16 in C++ are dynamic in size too (to fit in the generic behaviour of UTF-8 and UTF-16)?
• Will it ever happen that when I assign it a specical value, it automatically expands its own size to match?

Answer 1

char8_t and char16_t are dynamic in size?

No.

Are char8_t and char16_t in C++ are dynamic in size too (to fit in the generic behaviour of UTF-8 and UTF-16) ?

No.

Will it ever happen that when I assign it a "special" value, it will automatically expand its own size to match?

No.