string literals

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Saaa wrote:
> I meant why are they read only?
> 
>> I don't understand what you mean with "special case". Character arrays 
>> (a.k.a. strings) are arrays just like the rest of 'em :)
>>
>> The only difference is that they have an additional literal constructor in 
>> the form of "foo".
> Where can I read about this?
> 

http://digitalmars.com/d/1.0/arrays.html#strings

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