Dynamic arrays in D 1.0

[Bill Baxter]

bearophile wrote:
> Edward Diener:
>> I see the Phobos std.string. It seems, at first glance, not nearly as 
>> rich an implementation as the C++ std::string functionality.
> 
> A module of strings functions and the like is a work of the art of balance. More isn't always better. You have to put there the best/right functions, and throw away the useless ones, the more confusing ones, etc etc.

How does std.string measure up to your standards?  No "erase" function 
for removing a subrange efficiently, but yet it contains "soundex()"?

--bb