Re: [boost] [unicode] Interest Check / Proof of Concept

Subject: Re: [boost] [unicode] Interest Check / Proof of Concept
From: Joel de Guzman (joel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-11-20 18:37:40

Phil Endecott wrote:
> David Abrahams wrote:
>> on Thu Nov 20 2008, "Phil Endecott" 
>> <spam_from_boost_dev-AT-chezphil.org> wrote:
>>
>>> I mostly agree.  If people want UTF-8 and UTF-16 iterator-adaptors 
>>> that will
>>> efficiently convert byte-sequence iterators into unicode character 
>>> iterators, then I
>>> probably already have exactly that.  Should I package it up for review?
>>
>> Did you look at the stuff in boost/regex/pending/unicode_iterator.hpp ?
> 
> I did look at that a while ago.  I've had another look now and it seems 
> very complicated; mine is simpler and I believe consequently faster.  
> Perhaps it has some features that I'm missing, resulting in the complexity.
> 
> Anyway, it is basically trying to do the same thing.

I'd love to see some benchmarks.

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