[boost] Re: Possible boost addition: sub string and const s tring.

From: Vincent Finn (vincent_finn_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-11-20 06:04:14

Forwarded to main Boost list - that's the more appropriate venue for
discussions of possible additions.

-- Jim Hyslop boost-users moderator.

 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: alexei_novakov [mailto:alexei_novakov_at_[hidden]]
 > Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 7:05 PM
 > To: Boost-Users_at_[hidden]
 > Subject: [Boost-Users] Possible boost addition: sub string and const
 > string.
 >
 >
 > Hello everyone.
 >
 > I have two classes which I found pretty handy: sub_string (behaves as
 > a mirror of the portion of master basic_string) and const_string (C-
 > string wrapper). Nice thing about these two is they implemented as
 > template specialization of basic_string which has advantages:
 > a) familiar interface;
 > b) possibility to reuse the code written for basic_string (like
 > string streams, lexical casts, etc).
 >
 > Any interest?
 >
 > Regards.
 >
 > Alexei Novakov

Sounds interesting, like slice on a valarray

When I have to do a lot of manipulation of sub string and can't afford 
to copy back and forward I normally resort to using vector<char>; this 
sounds a lot handier

How does it work ?

        Vin