On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 12:52 AM, Hartmut Kaiser <hartmut.kaiser@gmail.com> wrote:
I can't wait to get that so that I can make cpp-netlib just use these smart strings throughout. :D
If it's just for a std::string compatible class being implemented the way you like it (COW, value semantics, reference counting, or plain old data copying, etc.), you might want to look at flex_string, a policy based std::string equivalent (here: http://loki-lib.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/loki-lib/trunk/include/loki/flex/ , also part of wave).
I'm not sure though if that string is immutable. What I want really is something like what D has for strings, which are immutable with true value semantics -- and are thought of as ranges (which last time I checked are also default UTF-8 encoded or something like that). It's not just about being std::string compatible, defining lazy operations on it and doing things *right* as a string data type is what I'm interested in. Thanks for the pointer though I just might use flex_string in cpp-netlib. :D -- Dean Michael Berris about.me/deanberris