RE: [boost] immutable string

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-19 09:43:42

At 04:30 AM 9/19/2004, Hartmut Kaiser wrote:
 >
 >Maxim Yegorushkin wrote:
 >
 >> I've been working on a small library - an immutable C++
 >> string. Now it is in usable state and has been put in use in
 >> a couple of real projects.
 >> Although it needs further polishing, I would like to know is
 >> there any interest in such a library?
 >>
 >> Here is the link: http://conststring.sourceforge.net/
 >
 >Just wanted to mention here, that I've used const_string as a plug in
 >replacement for std::string for my Wave library and succeeded without any
 >further problems. Moreover, the const_string class gave a perfomance 
boost
 >of about 20% if compared to the flex_string and about 100% if compared to
 >the std::string (I can provide the concrete numbers, if somebody is
 >interested). But these numbers certainly very specific to Wave and its
 >applications.

100% gets my attention, that's for sure!

Could you give a small example of a typical usage or two? I'd like to form 
an opinion as to how common the usage is likely to be.

--Beman