Re: [boost] [General] Always treat std::strings as UTF-8

Subject: Re: [boost] [General] Always treat std::strings as UTF-8
From: Chad Nelson (chad.thecomfychair_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-01-20 09:13:39

On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 19:27:05 -0800
Mostafa <mostafa_working_away_at_[hidden]> wrote:

>>> Can we stick to std::string conventions as closely as possible?  It
>>> makes using whatever new string library that much easier, and
>>> clearer, and maintainable.
>>
>> Is there a conventional way to get the data stored in an
>> std::string? ;-)
>>
>
> std::string::c_str, or am I missing something? (BTW, that's why I  
> suggested utf8_t::cu_str, sounds similar.)

Ah, I hadn't considered that.

>>> I'm a big fan of conveying your intent in code.  For the same reason
>>> I strong disagree with utf8_t::str. utf8_t is already a string
>>> class, and a generic sounding "str" method off it doesn't convey
>>> what kind of string it returns.
>>
>> While that's true (and I'm not a fan of str() in this context
>> either), it does have the advantage of implying that it returns an
>> std::string, based on the conventions of std::stringstream.
>
> I would argue utf8_t is analagous to std::string, not
> std::stringstream. Ones in the storage category, the others in the
> streaming category.

But both, as prominent members of the STL, are standards that developers
are likely to recognize.
-- 
Chad Nelson
Oak Circle Software, Inc.
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