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# core.stdcpp.string_view

D header file for interaction with C++ std::string_view.
License:
Distributed under the Boost Software License 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE)
Authors:
Manu Evans

Source core/stdcpp/string_view.d

alias `string_view` = basic_string_view!(char, char_traits!char).basic_string_view;
alias `u16string_view` = basic_string_view!(wchar, char_traits!wchar).basic_string_view;
alias `u32string_view` = basic_string_view!(dchar, char_traits!dchar).basic_string_view;
alias `wstring_view` = basic_string_view!(dchar, char_traits!dchar).basic_string_view;
struct `char_traits`(CharT);
  Character traits classes specify character properties and provide specific semantics for certain operations on characters and sequences of characters.
struct `basic_string_view`(T, Traits = char_traits!T);
  D language counterpart to C++ std::basic_string_view.
  C++ reference:
  enum size_type `npos`;
  alias `size_type` = size_t;
  alias `difference_type` = ptrdiff_t;
  alias `value_type` = T;
  alias `pointer` = T*;
  alias `const_pointer` = const(T)*;
  alias `toString` = as_array;
  @trusted this(const(T)[] `str`);
  alias `length` = size;
  alias `opDollar` = length;
  const @safe size_type `size`();
  const @safe bool `empty`();
  const @safe const(T)* `data`();
  const @trusted const(T)[] `as_array`();
  const ref @trusted const(T) `at`(size_type `i`);
  const ref @safe const(T) `front`();
  const ref @safe const(T) `back`();

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