string types: const(char)[] and cstring

[Derek Parnell]

On Fri, 25 May 2007 19:47:24 -0700, Walter Bright wrote:

> Under the new const/invariant/final regime, what are strings going to be 
> ? Experience with other languages suggest that strings should be 
> immutable. To express an array of const chars, one would write:
> 
> 	const(char)[]
> 
> but while that's clear, it doesn't just flow off the keyboard. Strings 
> are so common this needs an alias, so:
> 
> 	alias const(char)[] cstring;
> 

 const(char)[]  // A mutable array of immutable characters?
 const(char[])  // An immutable array of mutable characters?
 const(const(char)[]) // An immutable array of immutable characters?
 char[]         // A mutable array of mutable characters?

What will happen with the .reverse and .sort array properties when used
with const, invariant, and final qualifiers?

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