Re: Boost process and C

websnarf@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
CBFalconer wrote:

.... snip ...

The last time I took an (admittedly cursory) look at Bstrlib, I
found it cursed with non-portabilities

You perhaps would like to name one?

I took another 2 minute look, and was immediately struck by the use
of int for sizes, rather than size_t. This limits reliably
available string length to 32767. I did find an explanation and
justification for this. Conceded, such a size is probably adequate
for most usage, but the restriction is not present in standard C
strings.

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