Strings: Move String and SmallString to Memory

Author: Pagghiu

Documentation/Libraries/Build.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Build uses C++ to imperatively describe a sequence of build operations.
 [TOC]
 
 # Dependencies
-- Direct dependencies: [Containers](@ref library_containers), [FileSystem](@ref library_file_system), [FileSystemIterator](@ref library_file_system_iterator), [Foundation](@ref library_foundation), [Hashing](@ref library_hashing), [Process](@ref library_process), [Strings](@ref library_strings)
+- Direct dependencies: [Containers](@ref library_containers), [FileSystem](@ref library_file_system), [FileSystemIterator](@ref library_file_system_iterator), [Foundation](@ref library_foundation), [Hashing](@ref library_hashing), [Memory](@ref library_memory), [Process](@ref library_process), [Strings](@ref library_strings)
 - All dependencies: [Containers](@ref library_containers), [File](@ref library_file), [FileSystem](@ref library_file_system), [FileSystemIterator](@ref library_file_system_iterator), [Foundation](@ref library_foundation), [Hashing](@ref library_hashing), [Memory](@ref library_memory), [Process](@ref library_process), [Strings](@ref library_strings), [Time](@ref library_time)
 
 # Statistics

Documentation/Libraries/Memory.md

@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ Most classes have been originally part of the [Foundation](@ref library_foundati
 | SC::Memory                | @copybrief SC::Memory
 | SC::VirtualMemory         | @copybrief SC::VirtualMemory
 | SC::Globals               | @copybrief SC::Globals
+| SC::String                | @copybrief SC::String
+| SC::SmallString           | @copybrief SC::SmallString
 
 # Status
 🟩 Usable  
@@ -46,6 +48,12 @@ Such allocators can be just fixed buffers, regular heap memory or reserved SC::V
 ## Buffer
 @copydoc SC::Buffer
 
+## String
+@copydoc SC::String
+
+## SmallString
+@copydoc SC::SmallString
+
 ## Memory
 @copydoc SC::Memory
 

Documentation/Libraries/Reflection.md

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 @copydetails group_reflection
 
 # Dependencies
-- Direct dependencies: [Containers](@ref library_containers), [Foundation](@ref library_foundation), [Memory](@ref library_memory), [Strings](@ref library_strings)
-- All dependencies: [Containers](@ref library_containers), [Foundation](@ref library_foundation), [Memory](@ref library_memory), [Strings](@ref library_strings)
+- Direct dependencies: [Containers](@ref library_containers), [Foundation](@ref library_foundation), [Memory](@ref library_memory)
+- All dependencies: [Containers](@ref library_containers), [Foundation](@ref library_foundation), [Memory](@ref library_memory)
 
 # Statistics
 | Type      | Lines Of Code | Comments  | Sum   |

Documentation/Libraries/SerializationBinary.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 # Dependencies
 - Direct dependencies: [Foundation](@ref library_foundation), [Memory](@ref library_memory), [Reflection](@ref library_reflection)
-- All dependencies: [Containers](@ref library_containers), [Foundation](@ref library_foundation), [Memory](@ref library_memory), [Reflection](@ref library_reflection), [Strings](@ref library_strings)
+- All dependencies: [Containers](@ref library_containers), [Foundation](@ref library_foundation), [Memory](@ref library_memory), [Reflection](@ref library_reflection)
 
 # Statistics
 | Type      | Lines Of Code | Comments  | Sum   |

Documentation/Libraries/SerializationText.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 @copydetails group_serialization_text
 
 # Dependencies
-- Direct dependencies: [Foundation](@ref library_foundation), [Reflection](@ref library_reflection), [Strings](@ref library_strings)
+- Direct dependencies: [Foundation](@ref library_foundation), [Memory](@ref library_memory), [Reflection](@ref library_reflection), [Strings](@ref library_strings)
 - All dependencies: [Containers](@ref library_containers), [Foundation](@ref library_foundation), [Memory](@ref library_memory), [Reflection](@ref library_reflection), [Strings](@ref library_strings)
 
 # Statistics

Documentation/Libraries/Strings.md

@@ -7,9 +7,12 @@
 Strings library allow read-only and write string operations and UTF Conversions.
 Path is able to parse and manipulate windows and posix paths.
 
+@note SC::String and SC::SmallString, the "classic C++ style" string containers are defined in [Memory](@ref library_memory) because they are based on SC::Buffer and they use dynamic memory allocation provided by the Memory library.
+
+
 # Dependencies
-- Direct dependencies: [Foundation](@ref library_foundation), [Memory](@ref library_memory)
-- All dependencies: [Foundation](@ref library_foundation), [Memory](@ref library_memory)
+- Direct dependencies: [Foundation](@ref library_foundation)
+- All dependencies: [Foundation](@ref library_foundation)
 
 # Statistics
 | Type      | Lines Of Code | Comments  | Sum   |
@@ -22,7 +25,6 @@ Path is able to parse and manipulate windows and posix paths.
 
 | Class                     | Description
 |:--------------------------|:--------------------------------------|
-| SC::String                | @copybrief SC::String                 |
 | SC::StringBuilder         | @copybrief SC::StringBuilder          |
 | SC::StringConverter       | @copybrief SC::StringConverter        |
 | SC::StringIterator        | @copybrief SC::StringIterator         |
@@ -122,9 +124,6 @@ Some relevant blog posts are:
 ### StringBuilder::appendHex
 @copydoc SC::StringBuilder::appendHex
 
-## String
-@copydoc SC::String
-
 ## StringIterator
 @copydoc SC::StringIterator
 

Documentation/Pages/Dependencies.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ This file describes what each library depends on.
 - All dependencies: [Async](@ref library_async), [File](@ref library_file), [FileSystem](@ref library_file_system), [Foundation](@ref library_foundation), [Socket](@ref library_socket), [Threading](@ref library_threading), [Time](@ref library_time)
 
 # [Build](@ref library_build)
-- Direct dependencies: [Containers](@ref library_containers), [FileSystem](@ref library_file_system), [FileSystemIterator](@ref library_file_system_iterator), [Foundation](@ref library_foundation), [Hashing](@ref library_hashing), [Process](@ref library_process), [Strings](@ref library_strings)
+- Direct dependencies: [Containers](@ref library_containers), [FileSystem](@ref library_file_system), [FileSystemIterator](@ref library_file_system_iterator), [Foundation](@ref library_foundation), [Hashing](@ref library_hashing), [Memory](@ref library_memory), [Process](@ref library_process), [Strings](@ref library_strings)
 - All dependencies: [Containers](@ref library_containers), [File](@ref library_file), [FileSystem](@ref library_file_system), [FileSystemIterator](@ref library_file_system_iterator), [Foundation](@ref library_foundation), [Hashing](@ref library_hashing), [Memory](@ref library_memory), [Process](@ref library_process), [Strings](@ref library_strings), [Time](@ref library_time)
 
 # [Containers](@ref library_containers)
@@ -62,24 +62,24 @@ This file describes what each library depends on.
 - All dependencies: [File](@ref library_file), [Foundation](@ref library_foundation)
 
 # [Reflection](@ref library_reflection)
-- Direct dependencies: [Containers](@ref library_containers), [Foundation](@ref library_foundation), [Memory](@ref library_memory), [Strings](@ref library_strings)
-- All dependencies: [Containers](@ref library_containers), [Foundation](@ref library_foundation), [Memory](@ref library_memory), [Strings](@ref library_strings)
+- Direct dependencies: [Containers](@ref library_containers), [Foundation](@ref library_foundation), [Memory](@ref library_memory)
+- All dependencies: [Containers](@ref library_containers), [Foundation](@ref library_foundation), [Memory](@ref library_memory)
 
 # [SerializationBinary](@ref library_serialization_binary)
 - Direct dependencies: [Foundation](@ref library_foundation), [Memory](@ref library_memory), [Reflection](@ref library_reflection)
-- All dependencies: [Containers](@ref library_containers), [Foundation](@ref library_foundation), [Memory](@ref library_memory), [Reflection](@ref library_reflection), [Strings](@ref library_strings)
+- All dependencies: [Containers](@ref library_containers), [Foundation](@ref library_foundation), [Memory](@ref library_memory), [Reflection](@ref library_reflection)
 
 # [SerializationText](@ref library_serialization_text)
-- Direct dependencies: [Foundation](@ref library_foundation), [Reflection](@ref library_reflection), [Strings](@ref library_strings)
+- Direct dependencies: [Foundation](@ref library_foundation), [Memory](@ref library_memory), [Reflection](@ref library_reflection), [Strings](@ref library_strings)
 - All dependencies: [Containers](@ref library_containers), [Foundation](@ref library_foundation), [Memory](@ref library_memory), [Reflection](@ref library_reflection), [Strings](@ref library_strings)
 
 # [Socket](@ref library_socket)
 - Direct dependencies: [Foundation](@ref library_foundation)
 - All dependencies: [Foundation](@ref library_foundation)
 
 # [Strings](@ref library_strings)
-- Direct dependencies: [Foundation](@ref library_foundation), [Memory](@ref library_memory)
-- All dependencies: [Foundation](@ref library_foundation), [Memory](@ref library_memory)
+- Direct dependencies: [Foundation](@ref library_foundation)
+- All dependencies: [Foundation](@ref library_foundation)
 
 # [Testing](@ref library_testing)
 - Direct dependencies: [Foundation](@ref library_foundation), [Memory](@ref library_memory), [Strings](@ref library_strings)

Examples/SCExample/Examples/ImguiHelpers.h

@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 #pragma once
 #include "Libraries/Containers/Vector.h"
 #include "Libraries/Foundation/Result.h"
-#include "Libraries/Strings/String.h"
+#include "Libraries/Memory/String.h"
+#include "Libraries/Strings/StringView.h"
 #include "imgui.h"
 
 namespace SC

Examples/SCExample/Examples/SerializationExample/SerializationExample.cpp

@@ -90,12 +90,12 @@ struct SerializationTextReadVersioned<TextStream, ImVector<T>> : public Serializ
 } // namespace SC
 
 #include "Libraries/FileSystem/FileSystem.h"
+#include "Libraries/Memory/String.h"
 #include "Libraries/Plugin/PluginMacros.h"
 #include "Libraries/Process/Process.h"
 #include "Libraries/SerializationBinary/SerializationBinary.h"
 #include "Libraries/SerializationText/SerializationJson.h"
 #include "Libraries/Strings/Path.h"
-#include "Libraries/Strings/String.h"
 #include "Libraries/Strings/StringBuilder.h"
 
 #include "../ISCExample.h"

Examples/SCExample/SCExample.cpp

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 
 #include "Libraries/Async/Async.h"
 #include "Libraries/Foundation/Deferred.h"
+#include "Libraries/Memory/String.h"
 #include "Libraries/Socket/Socket.h"
-#include "Libraries/Strings/String.h"
 #include "Libraries/Strings/StringBuilder.h"
 #include "Libraries/Time/Time.h"
 #include "SCExampleSokol.h"