Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #12776: Add c_str free function to Boost::Format

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #12776: Add c_str free function to Boost::Format
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-10-11 03:52:33

#12776: Add c_str free function to Boost::Format
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  Reporter:  beojan@…          |      Owner:  James E. King, III
      Type:  Feature Requests  |     Status:  new
 Milestone:  To Be Determined  |  Component:  format
   Version:  Boost 1.61.0      |   Severity:  Optimization
Resolution:                    |   Keywords:
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Changes (by James E. King, III):

 * owner:  Samuel Krempp => James E. King, III
 * severity:  Problem => Optimization

Comment:

 As a pattern in the standard template library that already exists, c_str()
 returns a pointer that is only valid for the lifetime of the object from
 which it was derived, and may be invalidated by mutations of that object.
 I see little value in encouraging the use of naked pointers here or in
 overriding the meaning of c_str.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac10/boost/ticket/12776#comment:2>
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