What's left for 1.0? - string class

[Bill Baxter]

Aarti_pl wrote:
> I can not believe no one is using utf-8 characters in his program and is 
> not concerned about issues with current D char[] implementation, so I 
> repost my previous post. Sorry about reposting - if no one will comment 
> I will get a lesson and thing that maybe this issue is not so much 
> important.
> 
> But preferably I will get some even negative comments about importance 
> of having string class built in...
> 
> For me string class is something what could significantly improve 
> quality of libraries for D.

 From previous discussions it seemed to me like there was a fair amount 
of support for a string class.   I think the lack of response could be 
just that not so many folks feel like it is a "must-have" for 1.0.

I think anything that can be done in a library can wait till post 1.0. 
C++ had very little in the way of a standard library at "1.0" (and 
really it still has very little).  But for 1.0, the language itself 
better be in a state that it is *possible* to write every library on the 
wish list.  If there is anything in the language itself that would 
prevent creating a string class like the one you speak of, then I think 
that needs to be addressed.  But the string class itself can come later.

Of course if dstring really is good enough as-is, then it might as well 
be in the std library for 1.0.

--bb