[boost] Re: copy_on_write

From: Alexander Terekhov (terekhov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-06-01 16:54:52

Peter Dimov wrote:

[... regarding (busted) 21.3/5 ...]

> My point was that a COW-friendly class should have had
> 
> class cow_friendly_string
> {
> public:
> 
>     char get( int i ) const;
>     void set( int i, char ch );
> };
> 
> sidestepping the above problem.

I take it that you'd like to sorta castrate "cow_unfriendly_string" 
(the standard one) to make it more user (read: looser) friendly. ;-)

It can be done using private std::string. Oder?

regards,
alexander.