First Impressions

[Walter Bright]

Derek Parnell wrote:
> And is it there yet? I mean, given that a string is just a lump of text, is
> there any text processing operation that cannot be simply done to a char[]
> item? I can't think of any but maybe somebody else can.

I believe it's there. I don't think std::string or java.lang.String have 
anything over it.

> And if a char[] is just as capable as a std::string, then why not have an
> official alias in Phobos? Will 'alias char[] string' cause anyone any
> problems?

I don't think it'll cause problems, it just seems pointless.