RE: [boost] Re: String thought

From: Matthew Hurd (matt_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-11-07 16:09:22

> On Behalf Of Markus Werle
> Sent: Saturday, 8 November 2003 1:29 AM
> To: boost_at_[hidden]
> Subject: [boost] Re: String thought
> 
> Pavol Droba wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 02:03:15PM -0800, John Torjo wrote:
> >>
> >> Matthew Hurd wrote:
> >>
> >> >Any lib related to Boost that uses expression templates for string or
> >> >buffer
> >> >operations to minimize the temporary objects?  Only thinking of
> >> >concatenation but I guess it might apply elsewhere.
> >> >
> >> >Might be a neat addition to the string algorithm library.
 
> The "framework" is there: Daixtrose.
> Plugging a
> template <const char Name[256]> class SpecialString
> into it is partly demonstrated at
> http://daixtrose.sourceforge.net/themanual.html#x1-190003.4.7
> The string concatenation is missing in that example,
> but I tried this already, just dropped it because I did not
> need it. Hint: the length information can be transported via the
> disambiguation mechanism.
> 
> Also: John is right. Any good std::string class has memory strategies
> that fit well for every day's life.
> 

> Markus

Thanks I'll have a detailed look at diaxtrose to try and understand it
sometime... I struggle a bit with this C++ stuff so I'll try a simple proxy
first to see if there is any performance benefit over a vendor
implementation.

Regards,

Matt Hurd.

 

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