Re: [boost] Review Request: Boost.Locale

Subject: Re: [boost] Review Request: Boost.Locale
From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-05-25 15:14:43

On 25.05.2010 22:20, Artyom wrote:
>>
>>
>> Also, there is the mbsinit function that allows to detect
>> if the state has the initial value (just in case there are
>> other initial values, other than zero-filled).
>
> I can't really relay on mbsinit as they not available in on CRTL's

This function is standard C. It should be present in any CRTL.

>> and further on, in the paragraph 5 (regarding do_unshift),
>> there is a footnote that explains that the method is
>> intended to return the state to the initial value
>> (typically, stateT()).
>
> That is probably the most misleading point.
>
> If state is POD then stateT() does nothing!

It is called value-initialization and it zeroes the POD value.