std::string and literals

[Jack Reeves]

>Q. Is there a way to specifically create a std::string instance that will
>just be a reference to the given literal? (with copy on write semantics
>of course).
>
No. a 'string' is an object and naturally manages its own state.

In my private tool box I have a class called basic_stringref
(with the obvious typedef basic_stringref<char> stringref).
It does what you want - wraps a 'string' facade around an
existing character array without making a copy. Of course,
it is not a 'string' and so can not be passed to a function that
expects one. If you are interested in more details email me directly.

Jack

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