On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 10:08:29AM +0100, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote:
> | cstring s("hello");
> | cout << (s == "hello") << "\n";
> | // i.e. syntax similar to std::string, but none of its overhead
>
> What overhead for const string?
To be able to use operator==()
> On speed you gain nothing.
We gain if compared to std::string.
> On memory usage you gain nothing that a specialized allocator wouldn't
> give you.
We gain compared to out-of-the-box std::string.
> What would the point of such a class be?
We use strings as syntactic sugar. 'cstring' would give us this sugar
without the pain of #include <string> in most cases.
Andre'
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