Re: [boost] Proposal: XML APIs in boost

From: Caleb Epstein (caleb.epstein_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-11-07 15:54:26

On 11/7/05, Steinar Bang <sb_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> >>>>> Stefan Seefeld <seefeld_at_[hidden]>:
>
> > Good point ! I have to think about how to 'internalize' and reuse a
> > string.
>
> A string internalizer is something that might have general interest
> outside of the XML API.

Indeed. There is a class called "name" in the Adobe Open Source libraries
that is an interned string and I've recently had call to use it in a
project. The implementation is simple (it doesn't bother with reference
counts, and thus never garbage collects) but it works nicely. Thanks Sean!

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