Re: [boost] [string] proposal

Subject: Re: [boost] [string] proposal
From: Dave Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-01-24 20:43:56

At Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:34:54 -0500,
Chad Nelson wrote:
> 
> > Sure, however I personally don't see the value of making the encoding
> > an intrinsic property of a string object. [...]
> 
> Then I think we have different purposes, and I'll absent myself from
> this part of the discussion after this reply.

I think there *might* be a miscommunication here.  IIUC, Dean is
saying that he doesn't necessarily see a reason that a string's
encoding needs to be exposed in its interface.

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Dave Abrahams
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