Re: [boost] UTF-8 conversion etc.

From: Loïc Joly (loic.actarus.joly_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-03-04 08:05:03

Phil Endecott a écrit :
I've been using it for quite some time now, so here are my remarks :

> - It uses size_type to pass and return positions in the string, and 
> doesn't specify whether these are byte or character positions; I get 
> the impression that they're character positions but I could be wrong.
>
>   
It is character positions.
> - It offers implicit conversion to and from std::string.  Is this desirable?
>   
In my experience, it is very bad. It is not a conversion, but a 
reinterpretation.

Even a str() function would seem bad, unless it has a parameter that 
states in which encoding the resulting string is desired. A conversion 
from/to std::wstring would seem more useful in most cases.

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Loïc