New string implementation: dstring 1.0

[Fredrik Olsson]

Chris Miller skrev:
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>> I agree that it should be putted in Phobos immediately! (Maybe just 
>> some optimalizations with string size could be added, so adding one 
>> dchar to char[] string will not cause conversion from char[] to 
>> dchar[], but rather dchar to char).
> 
> But then it won't be ultra fast at finding dchar codepoints.

A little thought. Two bits are now used to represent the internal 
format, but there are only three formats available. Maybe the fourth 
format code could be "size optimal, but slightly slower"?

I mean, just what else should quad 2ghz machines do? :)


// Fredrik Olsson