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"Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> writes:

> That nobody actually uses bounded strings does not necessary mean that
> there is no use of bounded strings. Maybe people are uneducated, have
> prejudices etc. But no the thing is indeed useless, therefore not
> used. Could be quietly removed from the standard, nobody would
> notice...

I have *good reason* to use bounded strings. As I said earlier in the
thread.

Of course I agree that for most people, most of the time, fixed or
unbounded strings are what's needed.