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

From: Thorsten Ottosen (nesotto_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-18 19:04:16

"Miro Jurisic" <macdev_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
news:macdev-831075.13162418032005_at_sea.gmane.org...

| I believe that the question of why basic_string is not a suitable Unicode
| abstraction has been answered adequately in this thread, but to summarize:
| numerous basic_string methods would allow the client to violate invariants 
set
| by the Unicode standard.

the basic_string interface isn't exactly the best interface invented, so
I don't consider this important...sorry I brought that up.

Would boost.string algorithm work with unicode strings or what would it take
for that support (this I do think is important).

-Thorsten