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Subject: Re: [boost] [string] proposal
From: Dean Michael Berris (mikhailberis_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-01-24 23:29:43


On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 9:43 AM, Dave Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> 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.
>

+1

And not only that, that viewing a string in a given encoding is
largely a concern for a different type. I'm largely looking at how
Fusion does it with sequences and views.

-- 
Dean Michael Berris
about.me/deanberris

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