Re: [boost] Constructing string_ref from rvalue string

Subject: Re: [boost] Constructing string_ref from rvalue string
From: Jonathan Müller (jonathanmueller.dev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-03-23 07:02:02

I've just blogged about this topic: 
http://foonathan.net/blog/2017/03/22/string_view-temporary.html
(Planned that post before this thread)

In my opinion I think `boost::string_ref` and `std::string_view` are two 
different things, `boost::string_ref` is for use cases where 
`std::string_view` is potentially more dangerous (due to rvalue strings) 
like in return values, and `std::string_view` is for arguments as 
`boost::string_ref` isn't great there (due to not accepting rvalue 
strings). Blog post goes into a little bit more detail.

I'm just throwing my opinion out there.

Jonathan