Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #12980: compile time character array

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #12980: compile time character array
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-04-20 16:54:38

#12980: compile time character array
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  Reporter:  gast128@…         |      Owner:  marshall
      Type:  Feature Requests  |     Status:  new
 Milestone:  To Be Determined  |  Component:  utility
   Version:  Boost 1.63.0      |   Severity:  Optimization
Resolution:                    |   Keywords:
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Comment (by gast128@…):

 The trailing zero is indeed a conceptual problem of how to deal with
 character arrays vs string literals. Alternatively could it be solved by
 introducing yet another class / macro and overload for that, e.g.

 {{{#!cpp
 BOOST_DEFINE_STRING_CONST(_T("Hello"));  //introduces a class convertible
 to string_view
 }}}

 In our code base we largely use (w)strings. A reason to prefer the
 string_view in arguments is to circumvent the superfluous conversion to a
 string object when hard code strings are supplied in the arguments.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/12980#comment:2>
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