Beman Dawes wrote:
Just wanted to mention here, that I've used const_string as a plug in replacement for std::string for my Wave library and succeeded without any further problems. Moreover, the const_string class gave a perfomance boost of about 20% if compared to the flex_string and about 100% if compared to the std::string (I can provide the concrete numbers, if somebody is interested). But these numbers certainly very specific to Wave and its applications.
100% gets my attention, that's for sure!
Could you give a small example of a typical usage or two? I'd like to form an opinion as to how common the usage is likely to be.
I've simply used the const_string class instead of the std::string/flex_string classes. The const_string class exposes a std::string compatible interface (sans the modifying member functions, certainly), so this was possible without problems. Regards Hartmut