Re: [container] static_string ?

From: Vinnie Falco (vinnie.falco_at_[hidden])
Date: 2019-09-12 16:06:25

I have collected the feedback into individual issues for discussion
and to track the progress of changes:

On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 2:38 AM Dominique Devienne via Boost
<boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> > Interestingly, it to be named fixed_capacity_vector, renamed in revision 2
> > http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2018/p0843r2.html
>
> Which is a much better name IMHO. Longer, sure, but now it's clear and
> unambiguous. --DD

https://github.com/vinniefalco/fixed_string/issues/1

On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 4:29 AM degski via Boost <boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> ...the class should be made constexpr.

https://github.com/vinniefalco/fixed_string/issues/2

On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 6:19 AM Mike via Boost <boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> ...make the string trivially copyable (simply copy the whole
> storage, not just the bytes actually containing the string).

https://github.com/vinniefalco/fixed_string/issues/3

On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 6:19 AM Mike via Boost <boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> ...conditionally enable support for std::string_view in c++17
>     (implicit conversion to and explicit construction from string_view)

https://github.com/vinniefalco/fixed_string/issues/5
https://github.com/vinniefalco/fixed_string/issues/7

On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 7:29 AM Bjorn Reese via Boost
<boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> For the string_view to bikeshedding_string conversion I would prefer a
> temmplated constructor that takes a container (a Range concept to be
> precise.)

https://github.com/vinniefalco/fixed_string/issues/6

On Tue, Sep 10, 2019 at 6:15 AM Phil Endecott via Boost
<boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> ...if small size is an aim (and I think it
> should be), we can do better; when N < 256, use a uint8_t for the
> size.  In fact, use boost::integer::uint_t< log2<N> >::least and
> get an optimal type for the size.

https://github.com/vinniefalco/fixed_string/issues/8

Feel free to add to these issues or to create new ones (or discuss on the list)

Thanks