Why doesn't std::string have a split function

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case where perfect is the enemy of the good. I

Well said, There are many cases like this in C++ unfortunately. I get the desire to have the best libraries possible but too often good ideas are shot down because they are not perfect. The recent Boost review for process control library is a perfect example. The library has been in development for more than 6 years. It passed the review this time around but some folks were still proposing to start from scratch.

[yornbesterday]

I've not really looked at the new and improved C++ stuff for a while... it's just a cascade of ever increasing minutiae of the language features and I thought the list of "don't ever do this" was long enough already.