shams <shams <at> orcon.net.nz> writes:
The thing is that if you don't want to use it then dont, but atleast these string functionalities should be available with ease for all including novices and experianced programmers. Something like super_string in Boost could be received quite well by the boosters community and could increase popularity of Boost even between novice and experianced developers.
What if a module need to use some super_string functions. If it then takes a super_string as argument, all modules using this library need to include headers for regex and string_algo and all their dependencies. The alternative is to take the argument as basic_string and then copy it into a superstring to do the processing.
Why should something like trimming, uppercasing, lowercasing should be so hard in C++.
Why is boost::super_string ss(s) ss.trim() easier than boost::trim(s) Many other langages (specially entry-level like VB) only have free functions for string processing. I agree that the string_algo library is a bit difficult to get into but solving that with a new library isn't the right way. Why not a string_algo wiki where users can add their own real-world examples of how you do things with it.