What do you mean by "However it would be further from 2-dimensional
arrays." ? I mean, do we want it to be closer to 2-dimensional arrays?

On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 11:14 AM Sebastian Wittmeier via Std-Proposals <
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> Syntax-wise it would be nearer to Python.
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> However it would be further from 2-dimensional arrays.
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> Alternative - I am not sure myself about it:
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> You could also consider adding a word, e.g. my_string[range_from_to{5,
> 10}], my_string[range_from_length{5, 10}];
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> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> *Von:* Breno Guimarães via Std-Proposals <std-proposals_at_[hidden]>
> *Gesendet:* Mo 18.03.2024 14:16
> *Betreff:* Re: [std-proposals] String Slicing Draft Proposal
> *An:* std-proposals_at_[hidden];
> *CC:* Breno Guimarães <brenorg_at_[hidden]>; Rhidian De Wit <
> rhidiandewit_at_[hidden]>;
> Hi,
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> Since C++23, it's now possible to use multi indexing:
> https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/operators#Array_subscript_operator
> So it would come naturally to add the overload:
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> constexpr basic_string_view basic_string::operator[](size_t start, size_t end) const;
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> That would allow the syntax to be very close to python:
> if (my_string[5,10] == "something") { ... }
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> Has that been considered?
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> Best REgards,
> Breno G.
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