Re: [boost] Re: [Unicode strings] We're off

From: Stefan Seefeld (seefeld_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-16 14:56:51

Thorsten Ottosen wrote:

> Ok, so basic_string< char, char_trait<char>, allocator<char> >
> makes assumptions. So what, I was implying that you should
> write a specialization
> 
> basic_string< char, utf_traits<char>, allocator<char> >:
> 
>     template< class T, class UTF >
>     class basic_string<T,utf_traits<UTF>,std::allocator<T> >
>     {
>     public:
>         basic_string()
>         {
>         }
>  ...
>  };
> 
>     typedef basic_string< char, utf_traits<utf8> > utf8_string;
> 
> What is it you wouldn't be able to do with this interface?

because (for example) std::basic_string provides random access to
its data (i.e. characters), and that implies a fixed-size character
type, which not all unicode encodings provide.

Regards,
                Stefan