Re: [Stlport-devel] need a string optimization

[Nigel S. <nst...@nv...>]

>> is there a way to construct "const string" from
>> existing "const char*" without dynamic memory allocation?

> STLport implements library in accordance with C++ Standard or
> C++ Standard Drafts. The absent of construction like you
> suggest above has evident reasons: no guarantee that
> time to live of originating (const char*) object longer then
> ttl of stringwrapper object as you suggestion imply.

Perhaps a custom allocator could be used in the
cast of strings that don't need to be copied into
dynamic memory.  But there would need to be the
ability to mix these strings with "regularly"
allocated strings... ...sounds troublesome.

- Nigel


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