C++ In a Nutshell

Name

char_traits class template — Base class for character traits

Synopsis

template<typename charT> struct char_traits;

The char_traits template describes a character type and provides basic functions for comparing, converting, and copying character values and arrays. (See the char_traits<char> and char_traits<wchar_t> specializations later in this section for details.) If you create a custom character type, you should specialize char_traits<> or define your own traits class, which you can provide to basic_string and other templates as the traits template parameter. Your traits class should define the same members that char_traits<char> defines. See Chapter 8 for an example.

See Also

char_traits<char> class, char_traits<wchar_t> class