[sldev] Uses of LLString and std::string ?

[Tateru Nino]

Argent Stonecutter wrote:
> On 2008-01-23, at 12:08, Richard Nelson wrote:
>> Before any C++ purists complain, let me note that std::string does 
>> not have a virtual destructor and hence we can never add any member 
>> variables or implement a non-trivial destructor in LLString.  It 
>> serves merely as a convenient wrapper for std::string that tests for 
>> the null char* case, as Steve mentioned, and provides some handy 
>> functions (e.g. case-insensitive string comparison) that would 
>> otherwise require boilerplate code.
>
> [speechless]
>
> What kind of object oriented language doesn't make this kind of thing 
> virtually transparent?
As an aside, some reading up on what the C++ standards committee (I'd 
recommend Plauger among others) went through from start to finish is 
enlightening. Yes, C++ is one of the most widely used languages, and 
with good reason - but it's interesting to see how interest and 
architecture groups came close to messing it all up too.

This is not to say that SIGs and AWGs are bad. It's more about the 
process management of them than anything.

Before anyone jumps in, I'll take a moment to reiterate that I'm not 
saying anything bad about anyone or anything. If you're feeling 
slighted, you've misread, okay? I'll get you a bunny.

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Tateru Nino
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