On Friday, May 3rd, 2024 at 9:17 AM, Jason McKesson via Std-Proposals <std-proposals_at_[hidden]> wrote:
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> Yes, `std::string` does not really have a "rich" interface; it has a
> large interface. The problem is that this large interface is mostly
> bad.

If you put these facts together

1. Overloads reduce the number of names that people have to remember, and
2. Each std::string member name has a huge number of overloads

You may realize that std::string interface is neither rich or large. It just... abused overloads too much to save names.

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