[boost] Re: Policy or Trait?

From: Gennadiy Rozental (gennadiy.rozental_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-04-02 13:58:32

> > That's right. It's basic_string fault, which should've used char_traits
by
> > name in basic_string implementation.
>
> I don't want to turn this into a std::string discussion, but if
> basic_string used char_traits by name, how would you define two
> different string types using char*, one with case-sensitive comparison
> and one without? With basic_string the way it is, it's possible; the way
> you're proposing, I don't see how to do it.

Look under "Numeric convertion lib comments" thread for more details, but
short answer: don't. If you need case insensitive comparison use external
predicate. No reason to change string type for that.

Gennadiy.