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Subject: Re: [boost] string_view versus string_ref
From: Niall Douglas (s_sourceforge_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-07-06 11:26:11


> My question: is there any official position of Boost about having these two
> templates?

Marshall said in one of his talks that string_ref is there for the
legacy users, string_view is to implement the C++ 17 string_view for
modern users.

Niall

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