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Diffstat (limited to 'include/gtest/internal/gtest-string.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/gtest/internal/gtest-string.h | 13 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/include/gtest/internal/gtest-string.h b/include/gtest/internal/gtest-string.h index 6f9ba05..280645e 100644 --- a/include/gtest/internal/gtest-string.h +++ b/include/gtest/internal/gtest-string.h @@ -51,14 +51,13 @@ namespace internal { // String - a UTF-8 string class. // -// We cannot use std::string as Microsoft's STL implementation in -// Visual C++ 7.1 has problems when exception is disabled. There is a -// hack to work around this, but we've seen cases where the hack fails -// to work. +// For historic reasons, we don't use std::string. // -// Also, String is different from std::string in that it can represent -// both NULL and the empty string, while std::string cannot represent -// NULL. +// TODO(wan@google.com): replace this class with std::string or +// implement it in terms of the latter. +// +// Note that String can represent both NULL and the empty string, +// while std::string cannot represent NULL. // // NULL and the empty string are considered different. NULL is less // than anything (including the empty string) except itself. |