Re: Should boost::core::string_view be made public?

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2024-02-08 15:10:49

Andrey Semashev wrote:
> I'll add that this will not be a free transition for other libraries that support or
> use string views. For example, in Boost.Log I support boost::string_view and
> boost::string_ref but not boost::core::string_view. Not that it should be
> difficult to switch, but it's work. It's more complicated if the library or tool is
> unmaintained.

core::string_view is intended to be the single type you need to support. It
converts from (and to) boost::string_view in addition to std::string_view.

(Not boost::string_ref though, which should be obsolete at this point. And
deprecated.)