[review] [text] Text formal review

From: Glen Fernandes (glen.fernandes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2020-06-11 18:37:06

Dear Boost community,

The formal review of Zach Laine's Unicode library, Text, begins today
(June 11th) and ends on June 20th.

The library provides three layers:
 - The string layer, a set of types that constitute "a better std::string"
 - The Unicode layer, consisting of the Unicode algorithms and data
 - The text layer, a set of types like the string layer types, but
providing transparent Unicode support

Code: https://github.com/tzlaine/text
Docs: https://tzlaine.github.io/text

The master branch of the repository will be frozen for the duration of
the review.

Text requires C++14 or higher, and supports GCC 5+, Clang 3.6+, and MSVC 2017.

Zach initially presented the library at C++Now in 2018. He also
intends to standardize a library solution for Unicode based on this
work.

    Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=944GjKxwMBo
    Slides: https://tinyurl.com/boost-text-slides

We encourage your participation in this review. At a minimum, kindly state:
- Whether you believe the library should be accepted into Boost
  * Any conditions for acceptance
- Your name and knowledge of the problem domain.

You are strongly encouraged to also provide additional information:
- What is your evaluation of the library's:
  * Design
  * Implementation
  * Documentation
  * Tests
  * Usefulness
- Did you attempt to use the library? If so:
  * Which compiler(s)
  * What was the experience? Any problems?
- How much effort did you put into your evaluation of the review?

Even if you are not submitting a formal review, your feedback on the
library is welcome.

Glen