I frequently need to create string manipulation functions in C++. My APIs tend to be written to accept std::basic_string<T> (effectively), but I also want to accept std::basic_string_view<T> when it makes sense. There have been a few pains in adopting string_views which I’ve worked around, but with literals I have found only pain.

I frequently need to create string manipulation functions in C++. My APIs tend to be written to accept std::basic_string (effectively), but I also want to accept std::basic_string_view when it makes sense. There’ve been a few pains in adopting string_views which I’ve worked around, but with literals I have found only pain.