Does string::size return the number of array elements needed to represent the string, or the number of glyphs required to render the string? Does wstring behave the same?
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5It returns the number of array elements, each one of those being a single `char`. It does not include a null termination character. – juanchopanza Jul 05 '13 at 15:43
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and every char is a glyphs ? – Zang MingJie Jul 05 '13 at 15:44
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["Returns the number of `CharT` elements in the `string`, i.e. `std::distance(begin(), end())`."](http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/string/basic_string/size) – BoBTFish Jul 05 '13 at 15:44
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1`std::string` knows absolutely nothing about glyphs. – n. m. could be an AI Jul 05 '13 at 15:45
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The standard says *Returns: A count of the number of char-like objects currently in the string.* It's always a good place to look. – chris Jul 05 '13 at 15:45
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1@ZangMingJie: no, absolutely not. – n. m. could be an AI Jul 05 '13 at 15:45
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2There's no notion of "glyph" in C++. If you want one, you have to provide and implement your own. – Kerrek SB Jul 05 '13 at 15:51
