RE: [boost] Re: static sized strings

From: Martin Bosticky (mbosticky_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-05-13 11:20:47

>>
>>There's probably room and need for both types of strings.
>
>I don't intend the char_string buffer to be increased. I intended that
the 
>operations on the buffer would not go beyond the buffer (which would
lead >to 
>overflow) and also that going over the buffer would not generate an 
>exception.

>It may be beneficial to have an error policy to determin the behaviour
in 
>the event of an overflow. I am not advocating this approach, just
putting >it 
>up for discussion.

In the spirit of contributing to this 'discussion', I would suggest a
size limited string that would throw exception if assigned data that is
too long. However I would also add a friend function(s) that would
assign and truncate supplied data.

So by default the string would be safe for use, but you could assign
using a 'truncation' technique in which case no exception could ever be
thrown. This would then satisfy requirements of both parties.

Martin Bosticky

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