Re: [boost] Data / String Ref library

Subject: Re: [boost] Data / String Ref library
From: Olaf van der Spek (olafvdspek_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-04-02 08:27:43

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 8:01 PM, Mathias Gaunard
<mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>> Use boost::as_literal to construct an iterator_range from a string
>>> literal.
>>
>> Before: void f(const string&); f("Olaf");
>> After: void f(string_ref); f("Olaf");
>>
>> I do not want to change the API and I certainly don't want callers to
>> have to use boost::as_literal around every literal.
>
> Then do
>
> struct string_range : boost::iterator_range<const char*>
> {
> Â  Â string_range(const char* s)
> Â  Â  Â : boost::iterator_range<const char*>(boost::as_literal(s))
> Â  Â {
> Â  Â }
>
> Â  Â string_range(const char* first, const char* last)
> Â  Â  Â : boost::iterator_range<const char*>(first, last)
> Â  {
> Â  }
> };

You don't want to repeat that bit of code in every app / lib you write.

-- 
Olaf