Re: [boost] GSoC Proposal Preparation For Encoding Awared String

Subject: Re: [boost] GSoC Proposal Preparation For Encoding Awared String
From: Soares Chen (crf_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-03-26 17:49:34

Hi Anders,

Thanks for the link to Boost.Text! I think I missed it in the discussion I read.

Yes, indeed I think we all share similar ideas. Other than difference
in design, I think the concept is quite similar to Chad's Unicode
string library, though I don't know whether you two have seen each
other's code.

Basically, my concept is also something like adding one more template
parameter to your basic_text class to generalize string_type. Other
than that, you have pretty much demonstrated my motivation to build
such a class.

One simple question to ask: May I know why is your class holding
shared_ptr<basic_string<>> as the private member instead of simply
basic_string<>? If I'm not wrong, basic_string<> is already a smart
pointer to the underlying buffer and most implementation offers handy
COW semantics. Or is there a need to wrap basic_string<> in
shared_ptr<> because not all basic_string<> implementation is
efficient?

Thanks.

On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 1:35 AM, Anders Dalvander <boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On 20:59, Soares Chen wrote:
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> Thank you very much and I appreciate all your feedback! :)
>>
>>
>> I have talked privately with Chad Nelson and Mathias Gaunard over the
>> past few days and they have give me a lot of useful suggestions. Based
>> on the feedbacks and some study into Chad's Unicode library,
>> Boost.Unicode and Boost.Filesystem, I have come out with some ideas on
>> what kind of library should I build in this GSoC project.
>>
>
> Hi Soares,
>
> Some of the issues you talk about are addressed or could be addressed with
> my Boost.Text library. Although I haven't worked on it since I posted it
> earlier this year.
>
> http://www.dalvander.com/boost_text/
>
> Please feel free to use any parts of it as you please. I'd be happy if it
> was of any use.
>
> Regards,
> Anders Dalvander
>
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