Is all this Invarient **** er... stuff, premature optimisation?

[Walter Bright]

Janice Caron wrote:
> On 28/04/2008, Walter Bright <newshound1 at digitalmars.com> wrote:
>>  What it will do is provide a useful solution for those who really want to
>> use mutable strings. I bet that, though, after a while they'll evolve to
>> eschew it in favor of immutable strings.
> 
> I'm inclined to agree with the prediction - but even so, wouldn't that
> be a good thing? I mean, if it keeps people on board with D2 who might
> otherwise have run away, then that's good, right? And if those people
> later realise they can do more with immutable strings, then that's
> good too, right?

I think we're in agreement.