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@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ It also provides performance \helpref{statistics gathering code}{wxstringtuning}
which may be enabled to fine tune the memory allocation strategy for your
particular application - and the gain might be quite big.
\item {\bf Compatibility} This class tries to combine almost full compatibility
with the old wxWindows 1.xx wxString class, some reminiscence to MFC CString
with the old wxWidgets 1.xx wxString class, some reminiscence to MFC CString
class and 90\% of the functionality of std::string class.
\item {\bf Rich set of functions} Some of the functions present in wxString are
very useful but don't exist in most of other string classes: for example,
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ operations are supported as well.
to and from ANSI and Unicode strings in any build mode (see the
\helpref{Unicode overview}{unicode} for more details) and maps to either
{\tt string} or {\tt wstring} transparently depending on the current mode.
\item {\bf Used by wxWindows} And, of course, this class is used everywhere
inside wxWindows so there is no performance loss which would result from
\item {\bf Used by wxWidgets} And, of course, this class is used everywhere
inside wxWidgets so there is no performance loss which would result from
conversions of objects of any other string class (including std::string) to
wxString internally by wxWindows.
wxString internally by wxWidgets.
\end{enumerate}
However, there are several problems as well. The most important one is probably
@@ -65,18 +65,18 @@ example, to get the length of the string either one of
length(), \helpref{Len()}{wxstringlen} or
\helpref{Length()}{wxstringlength} may be used. The first function, as almost
all the other functions in lowercase, is std::string compatible. The second one
is "native" wxString version and the last one is wxWindows 1.xx way. So the
is "native" wxString version and the last one is wxWidgets 1.xx way. So the
question is: which one is better to use? And the answer is that:
{\bf The usage of std::string compatible functions is strongly advised!} It will
both make your code more familiar to other C++ programmers (who are supposed to
have knowledge of std::string but not of wxString), let you reuse the same code
in both wxWindows and other programs (by just typedefing wxString as std::string
when used outside wxWindows) and by staying compatible with future versions of
wxWindows which will probably start using std::string sooner or later too.
in both wxWidgets and other programs (by just typedefing wxString as std::string
when used outside wxWidgets) and by staying compatible with future versions of
wxWidgets which will probably start using std::string sooner or later too.
In the situations where there is no corresponding std::string function, please
try to use the new wxString methods and not the old wxWindows 1.xx variants
try to use the new wxString methods and not the old wxWidgets 1.xx variants
which are deprecated and may disappear in future versions.
\subsection{Some advice about using wxString}\label{wxstringadvices}