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Why isn’t max_size a static member of std::string?
This compiles but I think its strange that a property common to all strings can only be accessed via an instance of a string:
std::size_t max_size = std::string().max_size();
Why is it implemented like this?
Because max_size return value depends on the allocator instance that the string instance uses internally.