[boost] Re: Re: string_algo Formal Review

From: Pavel Vozenilek (pavel_vozenilek_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-10-22 15:02:13

"Peter Dimov" <pdimov_at_[hidden]> wrote

> Part of the problem is that the library isn't really a string algorithm
> library, it's a container algorithm library with string-like operations.
> There isn't anything wrong with that but the focus is lost.
>
> For example,
>
>     bool isspace(std::basic_string<T> const & t, std::locale const & l);
>
> is much less controversial than the generic 'all'.
>
What to do with people who use Alexandrescu's flex_string<> or other?

/Pavel