Re: [boost] Interest in super string class?

From: Jeff Garland (jeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-07-05 10:26:39

Joel de Guzman wrote:

> Me, I prefer the immutable and functional approach:
> 
>     to_upper(to_lower(to_upper(rng)))
> 
> Yeah, for the record, I never liked the use of the |. With the
> plain functional syntax, the joke is very clear.

Of course the issue with this is always the efficiency.

> For the record, I don't like fat everything-but-the-kitchen-sink
> interface too. Same as I dislike mutating functions. Sorry, Jeff.

To be clear, I'm not opposed to an immutable super_string -- I agree that 
would make things nicer.  However, I don't have the time or inclination to 
write the core of a string class (is there a boost.const_string somewhere?). 
The other thing I value highly working seamlessly with existing code that uses 
std::string.

Jeff