Defining constant values in struct

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On Wed, 17 Jun 2015 09:49:56 +0900, Mike Parker wrote:

> On 6/17/2015 6:17 AM, tcak wrote:
>> As far as I known, when I define a string with enum and it is used at
>> different parts of code, that string is repeated again and again in
>> executable file instead of passing a pointer to string. So, using enum
>> with string doesn't seem like a good idea.
>>
> The string is not repeated again and again in the *executable*. The
> compiler is smart enough to recognize the same string is used in
> multiple places. It will be placed in the data segment only once. It's
> no different than using a string literal.

but only to some extent[1].

[1] https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14459
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