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    Copyright (c) 2016-2019 Vinnie Falco (vinnie dot falco at gmail dot com)
	Copyright (c) 2019-2020 Krystian Stasiowski (sdkrystian at gmail dot com)

    Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
    file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)

    Official repository: https://github.com/boostorg/static_string
]

[library Boost.StaticString
    [id static_string]
    [quickbook 1.6]
	[copyright 2019 - 2020 Krystian Stasiowski]
    [copyright 2016 - 2019 Vinnie Falco]
    [purpose String Library]
    [license
        Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
        (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
        [@http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt])
    ]
    [authors [Stasiowski, Krystian], [Falco, Vinnie]]
    [category template]
    [category generic]
]

[template mdash[] '''— ''']
[template indexterm1[term1] '''<indexterm><primary>'''[term1]'''</primary></indexterm>''']
[template indexterm2[term1 term2] '''<indexterm><primary>'''[term1]'''</primary><secondary>'''[term2]'''</secondary></indexterm>''']

[template path_link[path name] '''<ulink url="../../'''[path]'''">'''[name]'''</ulink>''']
[template include_file[path][^<'''<ulink url="../../../../'''[path]'''">'''[path]'''</ulink>'''>]]

[def __InputIterator__          [@https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/named_req/InputIterator ['InputIterator]]]

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[heading Introduction]

This library provides a dynamically resizable string of characters with
compile-time fixed capacity and contiguous embedded storage in which the
characters are placed within the string object itself. Its API closely
resembles that of `std::string`.

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[heading Motivation]

A fixed capacity string is useful when:

* Memory allocation is not possible, e.g., embedded environments without a free
  store, where only a stack and the static memory segment are available.
* Memory allocation imposes an unacceptable performance penalty.
  e.g., with respect to latency.
* Allocation of objects with complex lifetimes in the static-memory
  segment is required.
* A dynamically-resizable string is required within `constexpr` functions.
* The storage location of the static_vector elements is required to be
  within the string object itself (e.g. to support `memcpy` for serialization
  purposes).

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[heading Requirements]

The library is usable in two different modes: standalone and Boost dependent. This library defaults to Boost dependent mode; standalone mode is opt-in through the use of a configuration macro.

When in Boost dependent mode, the library requires the use of at least C++11, in addition to Boost.Core, Boost.Utility, and Boost.ContainerHash. In standalone mode, C++17 is required but no libraries except for the standard library are needed.

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[heading Design]

The over-arching design goal is to resemble the interface and behavior of
`std::string` as much as possible. When any operation would exceed the
maximum allowed size of the string, `std::length_error` is thrown if exceptions are enabled. All
algorithms which throw exceptions provide the strong exception safety
guarantee. This is intended to be a drop in replacement for `std::string`.

The API of `static_string` only diverges from `std::string` in few places,
one of which is the addition of the `subview` function, for which this implementation
returns a string view instead of `static_string`,
and certain functions that will never throw are marked as `noexcept`, which diverges from
those of `std::string`. The available overloads for `static_string` are identical to those
of `std::string`.

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[heading Iterators]

The iterator invalidation rules differ from those of `std::string`:

* Moving a `static_string` invalidates all iterators
* Swapping two `static_string`s invalidates all iterators

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[heading Optimizations]

Depending on the character type and size used for a specialization of `static_string`, certain optimizations are used to reduce the size of the class type. Given the name of a specialization of the form `basic_static_string<N, CharT, Traits>`:

* If `N` is 0, then the class has no non-static data members. Given two objects `a` and `b` of type `basic_static_string<0, T, Traits>` and `static_string<0, U, Traits>` respectively, the pointer value returned by `data()` will be the same if `T` and `U` are the same.

* Otherwise, the type of the member used to store the size of the `static_string` will be the smallest standard unsigned integer type that can represent the value `N`.

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[heading Configuration]

Certain features can be enabled and disabled though defining configuration macros. The macros and the associated feature they control are:

* `BOOST_STATIC_STRING_STANDALONE`: When defined, the library is put into standalone mode.

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[heading Acknowledgments]

Thanks to [@https://github.com/K-ballo Agustín Bergé], [@https://github.com/pdimov Peter Dimov], [@https://github.com/glenfe Glen Fernandes], and [@https://github.com/LeonineKing1199 Christian Mazakas] for their constant feedback and guidance during the development of this library. 

The development of this library is sponsored by [@https://cppalliance.org The C++ Alliance].

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[heading Reference]

Defined in namespace `boost::static_strings`:

[link static_string.ref.boost__static_strings__basic_static_string `basic_static_string`]

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[section:ref Reference]
[include reference.qbk]
[endsect]

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