string is rarely useful as a function argument

[Sean Kelly]

I'm not sure I understand what's wrong with length.  Of all the times I get a length in one sizable i18nalized app at work I can think of only one instance where I actually want the character count rather than the byte count. Is there some other reason I'm not aware of that length is undesirable?

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On Dec 30, 2011, at 4:12 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:

> On 12/30/11 6:07 PM, Timon Gehr wrote:
>> alias std.string.representation raw;
> 
> I meant your implementation is incomplete.
> 
> But the main point is that presence of representation/raw is not the issue. The availability of good-for-nothing .length and operator[] are the issue. Putting in place the convention of using .raw is hardly useful within the context.
> 
> 
> Andrei