Jeff Garland <jeff@crystalclearsoftware.com> writes:
I've been working on a little project where I've had to doing lots of string processing, so I decided to put together a string type that wraps up boost.regex and boost.string_algo into a string type. I also remember a discussion in the LWG about whether the various string algorithms should be built in or not -- well consider this a test -- personally I find it easier built into the string than as standalone functions.
I appreciate the convenience of such an interface, I really do, but doesn't this design just compound the "fat interface" problems that std::string already has? Even Python's string, which has a *lot* built in, doesn't try to handle the regex stuff directly. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com