Why is a string not a (subclass) of a vector?

Question

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C are char arrays.

Vectors are new arrays in C ++.

Why now there are no line vectors (characters)?

Most vector and string methods are also duplicated. Is there a reason to make strings in C ++ different?

Answer 1

It is pretty much just historical. Strings and vectors were developed in parallel with a little thought about how they can be considered the same for T==char.

This also explains why standard containers are nice and versatile, while it std::basic_stringis a complete monolith of a member function after a member function.

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Answer 2

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Answer 3

Yes, since the vector is a container that can contain T and std :: string, is a wrapper around char * and cannot contain int or other data types. It would not make sense to have it in any other way.