Re: [boost] SuperString v2 in the vault

From: Thorsten Ottosen (thorsten.ottosen_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-07-13 11:37:26

Jeff Garland wrote:
> Thorsten Ottosen wrote:
> 
>>Hi Jeff,
>>
>>If simplicity is really the goal, then may I suggest the following:
>>
>>1. remove the last template parameter (simply derive the types from 
>>boost::detail::super_string).
> 
> 
> I suppose, but that might scare someone off from doing:
> 
> template<class char_type>
> really_super_string : public super_string<char_type>
> 
> which is a perfectly valid way to add in a few more pet algorithms in a 
> consistent fashion.

You can expose boost::basic_string too if you want.

But if you really want simplicity and good error messages, you should
get rid of the template parameter.

> 
>>2. rename the type boost::string and boost::wstring (an adjective like 
>>super don't sound very good IMO)
> 
> 
> That scares me a little.  Someone that happens to do a using namespace std; 
> and using namespace boost would wind up with errors.  I'm willing to entertain 
> other names, but I'd like to avoid the conflict here.

People should learn to use qualified calls. Anyway, the error would be 
purely a compile-time error, so what's the problem?

-Thorsten