On 6/30/06, Steven E. Harris <seh@panix.com> wrote:
My concern is that I might overlook this library because its name does not capture what I would value about it most. Clearly I have biases, having been exposed to the "intern" terminology for years, so perhaps we can hear from others as to whether the name is appropriate.
I immediately thought of an "interned_string" class I had written when I read Joaquin's description. I have only really seen this technique called "interning" and (once) "coadunation" before. There is an implementation of something similar for strings only in the ASL called adobe::name_t: http://opensource.adobe.com/classadobe_1_1name__t.html I like this utility, but I agree it might be better named boost::interned<T>. -- Caleb Epstein