String or char[] - that is the question

[Mateusz £oskot]

Hi,

Simple question, in STL compatible application
should one use std::string or char[] / char*
types for working with strings ?

How to make decision ? What rulse should I consider ?

It may be a very trivial, but I ask for some others experience
rather than for explanation of 'How to use strings' ?

Thanks & regards

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[Leor Zolman]

Re: String or char[] - that is the question

On Fri, 07 May 2004 19:51:25 GMT, Mateusz £oskot
<antispam@see.m y.signature> wrote:
[color=blue]
>Hi,
>
>Simple question, in STL compatible application
>should one use std::string or char[] / char*
>types for working with strings ?
>
>How to make decision ? What rulse should I consider ?
>
>It may be a very trivial, but I ask for some others experience
>rather than for explanation of 'How to use strings' ?
>
>Thanks & regards[/color]

char *'s may save you a bit of memory and run a teeny bit faster if you
code them optimally; all the other factors (clarity, maintainability ,
modularity, cost to develop, cost to debug, etc.) are in std::string's
favor. Here's a case study:

http://www.bdsoft.com/resources/thinking.html

-leor


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[Mateusz £oskot]

Re: String or char[] - that is the question

On 5/7/2004 10:43 PM, Leor Zolman wrote:[color=blue]
> char *'s may save you a bit of memory and run a teeny bit faster if you
> code them optimally; all the other factors (clarity, maintainability ,
> modularity, cost to develop, cost to debug, etc.) are in std::string's
> favor. Here's a case study:
> http://www.bdsoft.com/resources/thinking.html[/color]

Thanks, great article.

Regards

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