Re: how extend std::string without derivation?
Jim Michaels <jmichae3@this.is.invalid> writes in the
moderated newsgroup comp.lang.c++.moderated:
I would like to extend std::string (for example)
- without deriving a class and
- the method not being declared within the std::string class and
- without changing the library source code
anybody have an idea?
You can define your own string class as a clone of
?::std::string? (using inheritance, template instanciation
and/or delegation) and then extend that.
Or you can provide you own standard library, your
own implementation of ?::std? and then extend
?string? there.
I think I am stuck with inheritance, which means
- learning a new class name which nobody knows what it is and probably
won't remember
When you use another namespace than ?::std?, you
can use the same class name (?string?) therein.
- writing duplicate class documentation, etc.
You can refer the readers to ::std::string
for inherited methods.
- content may possibly be submittable to the standards folk and it be a
Try submitting to Boost first.
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