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- From: Rich Paul <rpaul@trcinc.com>
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- Subject: Re: string::npos is unhandy and dangerous
- Date: 12 Apr 1996 08:53:23 PDT
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- Nathan Myers, http://www.cantrip.org/ wrote:
-
- > This is very astute. The question of how npos should specified
- > is still up for discussion, for just the reason John mentioned.
- > Clearly, the standard must not constrain allocators in this way
- > just allow the basic_string template to be described more
- > conveniently.
-
- I'm wondering if the string template is perhaps a bit TOO flexable.
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