Martin wrote:

Do you plan to add more of the basic_string members?

I intend to (hopefully) have as close to the basic_string interface as I can get to help interoperability. I have been working on getting core functionality up and running initially, but I am working on adding more basic_string members.

Many of the string algorithms (e.g. trim & replace) seem to require insert & erase?

I haven't included these yet, but I shall work to get them implemented as soon as I can. I am also thinking about how to implement substrings: either create a std::basic_string or have an internal/external type that operates on const char * instead of const char[ n ], etc. Then there's the issue of compilers/standard libraries that don't have the correct std::reverse_iterator, std::iterator_traits, std::basic_[i/o]stream implementations (sigh). Regards, Reece _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself with cool new emoticons http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/myemo