std::basic_string: for more than just text
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Claims that std::basic_string is a general-purpose contiguous container, not just text, and shows using it for bits, named bit directions, and aggregating timestamps for a C API. Demonstrates using the += and data() string API instead of vector append, and shows small string optimization saving heap new/delete — a three-element example compiles without allocation. Replaces vector of points with basic_string of a non-char type and reports equal or better performance.
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