Managed C++ Features Overview

This information applies only to Windows and Visual C++ version 7 (.NET) or higher

Starting with version 2.1.2 Str Library officially supports building applications in managed C++. This support involves the following two major aspects:

An application or DLL compiler to managed code (/clr switch) can use regular C++ features of Str Library with no source code modification, and still gain excellent performance benefits
Str Library has a few additional methods providing enhanced interoperability of the library features (which use standard C++ language, even when compiled with Microsoft's Managed Extensions) and native managed types (such as .NET System.String)

To enable the additional library features and to achieve the best possible performance when compiling with the /clr switch, you must include the following in str_config.h or stdafx.h:

#define STR_MCPP_FEATURES

Please note that even when these features are enabled, the Str and Char classes (and other supporting classes in the library) do not become managed; they continue to be regular C++ classes.