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Re: [isocpp-sg16] basic_string is a bad string type for Unicode

From: Jens Maurer <jens.maurer_at_[hidden]>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2026 18:05:03 +0200
On 7/7/26 18:15, Alisdair Meredith via SG16 wrote:
> Raising a distinct concern from the thread on best practice for Unicode today, does this group have a position on whether `basic_string` is an appropriate type for text processing in Unicode?

What do you mean by "text processing"? Do you have a list
of requirements somewhere?

Which of those requirements should be addressed by a container
type, as opposed to algorithms applied to sequences of code units,
code points, or grapheme clusters?

Jens

Received on 2026-07-08 16:05:07