string types: const(char)[] and cstring
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Sun May 27 16:53:55 PDT 2007
Walter Bright wrote:
> Derek Parnell wrote:
>> 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?
>
> They'll all fail.
I think it's better to return reversed/sorted copy. This will make such
change more backward compatibile.
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