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[Chris R. Miller]

Benji Smith wrote:
> Chris R. Miller wrote:
>> Benji Smith wrote:
>>> 4. String processing sucks. Writing code that works transparently 
>>> with all three character types and correctly handles all unicode 
>>> characters is basically impossible. Or at least it feels impossible. 
>>> Trying to support both Phobos and Tango in the same string-processing 
>>> routine is a definite no-go. In an ideal world, string-processing 
>>> code shouldn't have to be littered with "static if" all over the place.
>>
>> How would this be "fixed?"  Hint: don't suggest making strings an 
>> object.  We tried that a while back, and it was more or less shot down.
> 
> Well, personally, I'd prefer it if strings were objects.

As well for me.  Worked just fine in Java, I don't see why it can't work 
here.  Rather, knowing what I know about D and Java, I would tend to 
think that a D implementation of a String as an object would be /more/ 
powerful than the Java implementation.

> But I could accept strings as character arrays if they were actually 
> characters arrays.

Amen.