I've just started working with std::string and have found its pos,count
parameter style to conflict with standard STL iterator-based idioms. Why did
the standard adopt this approach? Does anyone have a good explaination or
set of code examples that describe how to use std::string concisely, safely,
and as intended by the designers?

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