Is it reasonable to use std::basic_string as a contiguous buffer when targeting C++03?

Question

I know that in C++03, technically the std::basic_string template is not required to have contiguous memory. However, I\'m curious how many implementations exist

Answer 1

Of course, allocating a vector here is silly. Using std::wstring here is not wise also. It's better to use a char array to call the winapi. construct a wstring when returning value.