Re: [boost] [string_ref] string literal constructor

Subject: Re: [boost] [string_ref] string literal constructor
From: Nevin Liber (nevin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-11-07 17:27:52

On 7 November 2013 16:00, Gavin Lambert <gavinl_at_[hidden]> wrote:

>
> The first example in particular actually seems potentially dangerous to
> me, because the ability to handle the non-terminated string is "hidden",
> making it more likely that the author would forget and pass s to something
> else that's expecting a terminated string.
>

How does that differ from anything else that uses a C string?

I just don't see how string_ref is any worse.
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