On Sun, Jul 5, 2015 at 7:34 AM, Beman Dawes
Boost has shipped string_ref since 1.53. See www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_58_0/libs/utility/doc/html/string_ref.html
In the meantime, the C++ committee has shipped a final version, named string_view, in the Library Fundamentals TS. See
http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2015/n4480.html#string.vi...
In addition to the name change, the interface in the TS more closely mimics the std::basic_string interface.
I'd really like to see the final TS basic_string_view added to Boost so I can start using it now. Using basic_string_ref, and then later having to rename all uses, is less attractive. I suspect others may feel the same way.
Yes, we do! I already have people at work asking me if I know when this will be available. I think just about anyone who wants to pass strings in interfaces can make use of this somehow. The sooner, the better. Zach