Contents

• Motivation: What Is Str And Why Should I Use It?
• Benchmarks
• Str Internals
  • Flags in size_and_flags
  • Design Trade-offs
  
  
• A Quick Introduction
  • Standard 'Hello World' Program
  • Stack-based allocation
  • Basic Str Overview
  
  
• Allocation Options
  • Heap-based string data
  • Stack-based string data
  • Statically-Allocated string data
  • Other options
  • Resizing and Compacting Strings
  
  
• char* Conversions
  • Str Indexing
  • Constant char*
  • Non-Constant char*: attach() and detach()
    • attach() constructor
  • char* Methods
  
  
• Handling I/O
• Parsing and Formatting
  • Parsing Groups
  • Simple Tests
  • Adding And Removing Data
  • Extracting Substrings
  • Whitespace Functions
    • getAllTokens
  • Find & Replace
  • Formatting
    • format
  
  
• Performance Tuning
  • Algorithm
  • Heap Allocation
  
  
• Extending Str
  • Resize
  • Design Templates
  • Making Changes While Getting Updates
  
  
• Design Trade-offs
  • Embedding Flags in Length
  • Embedding buff_size in data
  • Moving size_and_flags inside data
  • C vs C++ interface
  • Mutable vs Immutable Strings
  • Operator Overload Choices
  • Pre-padding