Re: [boost] [Review] Fixed Strings review period extended

From: Reece Dunn (msclrhd_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-01-30 15:11:49

Andy Little wrote:
>Sorry.. that example was completely unnecessary.
>
>I dont see whats wrong with just writing
>
>  template< int n >
>int strlen( const fixed_string< n, char >& str )
>{
>      return str.length();
>}
>
>Whats wrong with it?

Nothing... in that case. Now, what happened if you have:

template< int n >
void make_ip_address( unsigned long ip, fixed_string< n, char > & )

but you wanted to put this function in a library or DLL either to hide a 
proprietry implementation or because the implementation of this is too long 
to sensibly be a template (or even both).

I was just giving a simple example of functionality that some people want. I 
wasn't saying that was the best way to implement strlen.

- Reece