https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=69703
--- Comment #2 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> --- I'm incorrectly switching endianness in codecvt_utf8<char16_t>, it's not a problem in filesystem: #include <codecvt> #include <stdio.h> int main() { const char out[] = "abc"; char16_t in[4]; std::codecvt_utf8<char16_t> cvt; std::mbstate_t st; const char* no; char16_t* ni; cvt.in(st, out, out+3, no, in, in+3, ni); printf("%d %d %d\n", (int)in[0], (int)in[1], (int)in[2]); }