Re: [Boost-users] [Review] Formal review of Fixed Strings librarystarts today

From: Sohail Somani (s.somani_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-01-19 17:03:11

> -----Original Message-----
> From: boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden] 
> [mailto:boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of 
> Hartmut Kaiser

> The fixed_strings library is a buffer-overrun safe version of using
> fixed-size character array data buffers. It provides 
> integration with the C
> API allowing strcpy, et. al. to be used safely for a fixed string and
> provides a basic_string interface allowing easy migration to 
> C++ strings. 

Wouldn't the typical user have to replace all the char * and char []
with boost::fixed_string<n>? What are the advantages over replacing them
with string or even boost array and overloading the appropriate C api
calls?

Thanks

Sohail