Re: [cpp-netlib-devel] Binary parsers

[Dean M. B. <mik...@gm...>]

Hi Rodrigo,

On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 8:14 AM, Rodrigo Madera <rod...@gm...> wrote:
>
> Basically I see three std::string elements in the message which already make
> it strange.

Why is this strange?

> Is there a reason for them that I don't realize?

std::string is the easiest container to use that allows both string
semantics and guarantee of contiguous storage (at least as far as I
understand). Any other container would be too unwieldy to use
especially for algorithms that deal with strings of characters.

BTW, strings can contain binary data just fine (as long as you store
the data (7-bit chars) as is).

> Also, what is top-posting and overquoting?

Top-posting is what you do (putting your reply at the top of the
message), and overquoting is not snipping unnecessary contents of
email messages accordingly.

[snipped unnecessary email contents to avoid overquoting]

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Dean Michael C. Berris
Software Engineer, Friendster, Inc.