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[Robert Fraser]

Benji Smith wrote:
> Robert Fraser wrote:
>> Chris R. Miller wrote:
>>> 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.
>>
>> http://www.dprogramming.com/mtext.php
>>
>> Nearly as efficient as regular strings & same memory footprint as the 
>> type of the lagest character within (i.e. if it contains only ascii, 8 
>> bits/char. If it contains things representable in UTF-16, 16 bits a 
>> character. If it contains cuneoform, 32 bits per char).
> 
> Looks interesting. I've downloaded it. I'll give it a whirl and let you 
> know what I think. But, upon first glance, you definitely need some 
> example code and a tutorial. Right now, I don't really know where to start.
> 
> --benji

I totally agree it needs more docs. I didn't write it; Chris Miller gets 
that credit.