Is std.array.replace supposed to work with char[]?

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2011-02-20 21:30, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Feb 2011 13:40:08 -0500, Jacob Carlborg <doob at me.com> wrote:
>
>
>>
>> I'm confused about how someone can implement a library like this.
>> Every time I try to use D2 it's just a PITA to use. I've used D1 and
>> Tango for several years and had no problem with that.
>
> Strings are a sore spot for me, I think the current implementation is a
> hack which leaves much to be desired. However, it seems that Andrei
> believes the current implementation is not only decent, but actually
> better than any alternative.
>
>> I assume this has been discussed, did that resolve in any plans to
>> solve this?
>
> I am, in my spare time, working on a way to represent strings that
> allows strings to be what they are and arrays of chars or wchars to be
> what they are. It is not finished yet, but I've put forth a couple
> incomplete examples. Search for [review] on the D news group.
>
> Things have gotten quite more complex when I realized that dchar is
> actually not the most natural "element" of a string, since a dchar
> doesn't represent a visible character (or one that a human would
> interpret as a single character) and also that the exact same string can
> be sometimes represented by two distinct sequences of dchars. When I can
> finish the proposed change, I will probably try integrating it with
> Phobos to see how well it works.
>
> -Steve

Oh, I remember that thread(s). It got so overly complicated so I stopped 
reading it.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg