Empty VS null array?

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 10/18/13 9:26 AM, Max Samukha wrote:
> *That's* bad API design. readln should be symmetrical to writeln, not
> write. And about preserving the exact representation of new lines,
> readln/writeln shouldn't preserve that, pure and simple.

Fair point. I just gave one possible alternative out of many. Thing is, 
relying on client code to distinguish subtleties between empty and null 
strings is fraught with dangers.

Andrei