Better String Library (2015)

So we have:<p>* <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;String_(computer_science)" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;String_(computer_science)</a><p>--<p>* <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Rope_(data_structure)" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Rope_(data_structure)</a><p>* <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;hn.algolia.com&#x2F;?query=Ropes%2C%20an%20Alternative%20to%20Strings" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;hn.algolia.com&#x2F;?query=Ropes%2C%20an%20Alternative%20...</a><p>--<p>* <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Piece_table" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Piece_table</a><p>* <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;hn.algolia.com&#x2F;?query=%22Piece%20Table%22" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;hn.algolia.com&#x2F;?query=%22Piece%20Table%22</a><p>--<p>* <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Gap_buffer" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Gap_buffer</a><p>* <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;hn.algolia.com&#x2F;?query=Gap%20Buffer" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;hn.algolia.com&#x2F;?query=Gap%20Buffer</a><p>--<p>Anything else? Would be nice to implement all of these as a single library!<p>What am I missing?

Wouldn&#x27;t <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;websnarf&#x2F;bstrlib">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;websnarf&#x2F;bstrlib</a> be a better URL?

Not sure why it mentions C++. C++ has std::string which is far superior to this.

Seems like asking for trouble to have the struct not opaque.

I believe this is the same string representation Rust uses? Although in Rust the empty string is guaranteed to not allocate memory, not sure if that&#x27;s true here.