string literals

[Robert Fraser]

Saaa wrote:
> Didn't they both have immutable strings?
> I'm more in search of a way to make char[] not immutable anymore, for most 
> things I do its only a hassle.

On UNIX systems, string literals are stored in the code segment. Thus, 
modifying them will cause a segfault. In D 1.0, the compiler will let 
you modify it, but the OS won't. In D 2.0, this rule is enforced by the 
compiler. Even on Windows, modifying string literals is probably a bad idea.

To allow a string literal to be modified, copy it onto the heap with a 
.dup .