25 Jan
2011
25 Jan
'11
1:56 p.m.
On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:43:56 -0500 Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com> wrote:
Sure, however I personally don't see the value of making the encoding an intrinsic property of a string object. [...]
Then I think we have different purposes, and I'll absent myself from this part of the discussion after this reply.
I think there *might* be a miscommunication here. IIUC, Dean is saying that he doesn't necessarily see a reason that a string's encoding needs to be exposed in its interface.
Yes, and I think I see what he has in mind, vaguely. But it's a different vision than what I'm developing -- better or worse, I don't know, just different. -- Chad Nelson Oak Circle Software, Inc. * * *