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

From: Martin Adrian (adrianm_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-01-20 08:41:30

> 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?

std::string doesn't have a mutable buffer and uses dynamic allocation.

boost::array doesn't have a basic_string interface