Standard library header <experimental/string_view>

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<cstddef> <limits> <climits> <contract>	<cfloat> <cstdint> <new> <version>	<typeinfo> <exception> <initializer_list>	<csignal> <csetjmp> <cstdarg>
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<string> <string_view>	<cctype> <cwctype>	<cwchar> <cuchar>	<cstring> <charconv>
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<locale>	<codecvt>	<clocale>
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<span> <array> <vector>	<deque> <forward_list> <list>	<map> <set> <queue>	<unordered_map> <unordered_set> <stack>
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<regex>
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<filesystem>
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<ciso646> <cstdalign>	<cstdbool> <ccomplex>	<ctgmath>

This header is part of the experimental library.

Classes

Name	Description
std::experimental::basic_string_view (library fundamentals TS)	Class template representing a reference to a character string (class template)
std::experimental::string_view (library fundamentals TS)	std::experimental::basic_string_view<char> (typedef)
std::experimental::wstring_view (library fundamentals TS)	std::experimental::basic_string_view<wchar_t> (typedef)
std::experimental::u16string_view (library fundamentals TS)	std::experimental::basic_string_view<char16_t> (typedef)
std::experimental::u32string_view (library fundamentals TS)	std::experimental::basic_string_view<char32_t> (typedef)
std::hash<std::experimental::string_view> (library fundamentals TS)	(class template specialization)
std::hash<std::experimental::u16string_view> (library fundamentals TS)	(class template specialization)
std::hash<std::experimental::u32string_view> (library fundamentals TS)	(class template specialization)
std::hash<std::experimental::wstring_view> (library fundamentals TS)	(class template specialization)

Functions

operator==operator!=operator<operator>operator<=operator>=	lexicographically compares two views (function template)
Output
operator<<	performs stream output on views (function template)

Synopsis

namespace std {
  namespace experimental {
  inline namespace fundamentals_v1 {

    // 7.2, Class template basic_string_view
    template<class charT, class traits = char_traits<charT>>
        class basic_string_view;

    // 7.9, basic_string_view non-member comparison functions
    template<class charT, class traits>
    constexpr bool operator==(basic_string_view<charT, traits> x,
                              basic_string_view<charT, traits> y) noexcept;
    template<class charT, class traits>
    constexpr bool operator!=(basic_string_view<charT, traits> x,
                              basic_string_view<charT, traits> y) noexcept;
    template<class charT, class traits>
    constexpr bool operator< (basic_string_view<charT, traits> x,
                                 basic_string_view<charT, traits> y) noexcept;
    template<class charT, class traits>
    constexpr bool operator> (basic_string_view<charT, traits> x,
                              basic_string_view<charT, traits> y) noexcept;
    template<class charT, class traits>
    constexpr bool operator<=(basic_string_view<charT, traits> x,
                                 basic_string_view<charT, traits> y) noexcept;
    template<class charT, class traits>
    constexpr bool operator>=(basic_string_view<charT, traits> x,
                              basic_string_view<charT, traits> y) noexcept;
    // see below, sufficient additional overloads of comparison functions

    // 7.10, Inserters and extractors
    template<class charT, class traits>
      basic_ostream<charT, traits>&
        operator<<(basic_ostream<charT, traits>& os,
                   basic_string_view<charT, traits> str);

    // basic_string_view typedef names
    typedef basic_string_view<char> string_view;
    typedef basic_string_view<char16_t> u16string_view;
    typedef basic_string_view<char32_t> u32string_view;
    typedef basic_string_view<wchar_t> wstring_view;

  }  // namespace fundamentals_v1
  }  // namespace experimental

  // 7.11, Hash support
  template <class T> struct hash;
  template <> struct hash<experimental::string_view>;
  template <> struct hash<experimental::u16string_view>;
  template <> struct hash<experimental::u32string_view>;
  template <> struct hash<experimental::wstring_view>;

}  // namespace std