Why does 'string' alias immutable(char)[] and not immutable(char[]) ?

[Ellery Newcomer]

Don't know about you, but I liked being able to write

s += "hi";

On 12/01/2010 05:17 AM, spir wrote:
> Well, nearly everything is in the title... I would intuitively opt for the second type if I had to define an immutable string type.
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> Answers from various points of view (semantic, praticality, efficiency...) would be great if ever they may differ.
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