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Re: string's class question

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Nephi Immortal wrote:
> I was curious to examine Microsoft’s source code.  The headers are
> string, xmemory, and xutility.  I could see container class and
> proxy class.  They inherit into _String_val and _String_val
> inherits into basic_string.
> Why are several classes needed?  Why not create single basic_string
> class?  Look at Microsoft’s code here.
>
> struct _Container_base12;
> struct _Iterator_base12;
>
> // CLASS _Container_proxy
> struct _Container_proxy
> { // store head of iterator chain and back pointer
> _Container_proxy()
>> _Mycont(0), _Myfirstiter(0)
> { // construct from pointers
> }
>
> const _Container_base12 *_Mycont;
> _Iterator_base12 *_Myfirstiter;
> };
>
>

That looks like code used for iterator debugging in debug mode. 
Putting it in a base class perhaps help sharing this code with other 
containers?

Anyway, this is just an implementation detail that doesn't matter 
much. A library is allowed to organize the code the way it wants to.


Bo Persson

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string's class question Nephi Immortal <immortalnephi@gmail.com> - 2011-09-09 14:40 -0700
  Re: string's class question "Bo Persson" <bop@gmb.dk> - 2011-09-10 08:31 +0200

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