"Reece Dunn" wrote Andy Little wrote
Whats wrong with it?
Nothing... in that case. Now, what happened if you have:
template< int n > void make_ip_address( unsigned long ip, fixed_string< n, char > & )
but you wanted to put this function in a library or DLL either to hide a proprietry implementation or because the implementation of this is too long to sensibly be a template (or even both).
Sure dont make it a template . OTOH BTW Why would you want to choose fixed_string for this application?. String manipulation time will be dwarfed by look up time anyway.
I was just giving a simple example of functionality that some people want. I wasn't saying that was the best way to implement strlen.
I think you might find the non template version starts to look quite like a (maybe improved) version of std::string. Fact is once the capacity is changeable theres no reason not to provide the whole interface. OTOH maybe you are trying to make an alternative to std::string, if so then you need to show demostrable benefits, but then I hope it wouldnt be called fixed_string ! regards Andy Little