So a reference std::string&

Disadvantage is that you have to copy once at construction time of the std::string.

Would it make sense to have a class, acting like a reference or adaptor to an existing plain buffer, also storing the buffer size, also allowing modifications and with assumed NUL termination?
 

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Betreff: Re: [std-proposals] [Idea] Null-terminated string view (c_str_view / c_wstr_view) – a simpler alternative/complement to zstring_view
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On Friday, 6 February 2026 17:51:13 Pacific Standard Time Henry Miller via Std-
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> Or perhaps we should open the bike-shed: do we want a _view here, or do we
> want something only somewhat similar but that allows other operations.

I'll repeat what I've said: that "something only somewhat similar" is
std::string. It's NUL-terminated and modifiable. If some API inserts a NUL in
the middle, that can be found via strlen and the string resized.

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