Re: [boost] Interest in super string class?

From: Pavel Vozenilek (pavel_vozenilek_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-07-06 03:39:50

"Shunsuke Sogame" wrote:
> Joel de Guzman wrote:
>> Jeff Garland wrote:
>>
>>>   std::string dst(...)
>>>   range_copy(rng|to_upper|to_lower|to_upper, dst);
>>>
>> Me, I prefer the immutable and functional approach:
>>
>>     to_upper(to_lower(to_upper(rng)))
>>

The super string was intended to be something
familiar and easy to use for users.

The functional syntax is not common in C++,
immutability will be feared as inefficient
and the pipe syntax is completely novel.

Something as

  superstring s;
  s.do_this().do_that();

has a chance to be used in spite of having large API.

The problematic operations as German  ß -> SS -> ss
can be handled without problem in this model.

/Pavel