Re: [boost] [gsoc] Request Feedback for Boost.Ustr Unicode StringAdapter

Subject: Re: [boost] [gsoc] Request Feedback for Boost.Ustr Unicode StringAdapter
From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-08-13 16:24:39

Dave Abrahams wrote:

>> std::string represents a sequence of "char" objects that happens
>> to be useful for text processing. It can represent a text in any
>> encoding.
>>
>> The question is how we treat this sequence... And this is a
>> matter of policy and requirements of the library.
>
> I think I agree with Artyom here.  *Somebody* has to decide how that
> datatype will be interpreted when we receive it.  Unless we refuse
> altogether to accept std::string in our interfaces (which sounds like
> a
> bad idea to me), why not make the decision that it's UTF-8?

hmmm - why can't we just leave it at "std::string represents a sequence of 
"char""
and define some derivative class which defines it as a
"a refinement of std::string which supports UTF-8 functionality" ?

Robert Ramey