[boost] Re: A string_view with null-terminator guarantee?

Julien Blanc wrote:

Le 2025-09-26 12:31, Peter Dimov via Boost a écrit :

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The idea that we're somehow delivering enormous value by making it clear that the parameter is not a pointer to a single `char` is misguided; pointers to a single `char` are so rare that a `char const*` is essentially an idiomatic way to denote a null terminated char sequence. Its downside is not lack of type safety.

Alas `char const*` is also an idiomatic way to point at a bunch of raw bytes, whose size is given elsewhere, and clearly are not null terminated.

Common (unfortunately), maybe. Idiomatic... maybe not so much. :-)