Re: rtl::OUString searchAndReplace

Stephan Bergmann wrote:
> Carsten Driesner wrote:
>> Frank Schönheit - Sun Microsystems Germany
schrieb:
>>>
>>> Well, it is not for resource-string
replacement. It is for replacing
>>> strings in other strings. People can *use* it
for resource string
>>> replacements, if they know that the caveats
pointed out by Stephan do
>>> not apply.
>>>
>>>
>>>> I suppose we are not the only people in the
world wanting to replace 
>>>> a string in another string. If we want a
well-designed full-featured 
>>>> facility to robustly replace strings in any
situation,
>>>
>>> That's what I'm trying to say: I'm not sure we
want, since I'm not sure
>>> we need.
>>>
>>>
>>>> So: either make a simple feasible solution
like "just replace a 
>>>> string", 
>> +1
>>
>> I am also looking forward to a SIMPLE function that
just replaces a 
>> string in a string.
> 
> Ha!  New customer.    But
please be precise:
> 
> Does anybody have demand for "replac[ing] a string
in a string" 
> *outside* the area of resource strings?
> 
> If no, I suggest we do the following:  Clean up the OOo
resource strings 
> so that they use a single, unambiguous syntax for
dynamic tokens and 
> introduce (C++ or UNO) functionality to expand any
dynamic tokens that 
> is easy to use (esp. for the general case of replacing
zero or one 
> dynamic token).
> 
> If yes, I will happily add some rtl::OUString
searchAndReplace.  But we 
> should do the above nonetheless, shouldn't we?
> 
> -Stephan

I did not hear anything new, but decided to add some 
comphelper::string::searchAndReplace (see over at
interface-anounce). 
Use it for whatever you like.    (And if
it becomes clear that we do 
not need it we can drop it again, as it is not published URE
API.)  And 
still, somebody might be interested in cleaning up the
resource syntax mess?

-Stephan

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