[boost] Re: vc71 - tokenizer not working with static runtimeand unicode?

From: Thorsten Ottosen (nesotto_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-02-23 09:35:04

"Bronek Kozicki" <brok_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:17harepl17tae$.1vurpce0boti4$.dlg_at_40tude.net...
> On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 19:17:08 +1100, Thorsten Ottosen wrote:
> > Why not change the existing constructor to
> >
> > template<class Container>
> > tokenizer( /*const*/ Container& c,const TokenizerFunc& f =
TokenizerFunc())
>
> you mean to comment out const-ness ? This would break following sample
> (an I believe quite typical) tokenizer usage:
> void parse(const std::string& a)
> {
>   // typedef of Tokenizer, definition of separator s goes here
>   Tokenizer t(a, s);
>   // etc.
> }

Sure; the inefficiency of the copy-taking constructor should just be well
documented then. Your proposed change would probably not
break code, but it could make it much slower, silently.

br

Thorsten