[Issue 17623] Unexpected failure of an assertion on empty strings

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https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17623

kdevel <kdevel at vogtner.de> changed:

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--- Comment #4 from kdevel <kdevel at vogtner.de> ---
(In reply to RazvanN from comment #3)
> The documentation is not wrong.

That is an untrue statement. The documentation /is/ wrong [1]. Both s and t in

   string s = null;
   string t = "";

refer to the same elements and have the same number of elements. The
documentation must be corrected. A possible replacement for the original
statement

    For static and dynamic arrays, identity is defined as referring to
    the same array elements and the same number of elements.

is

    For static and dynamic arrays, identity of two arrays is given when
    both arrays refer to the same memory location and contain the same number
    of elements.

[1] http://forum.dlang.org/post/lincnykmotjlpygvpfsm@forum.dlang.org

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