string is rarely useful as a function argument

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 12/30/11 6:07 PM, Timon Gehr wrote:
> alias std.string.representation raw;

I meant your implementation is incomplete.

But the main point is that presence of representation/raw is not the 
issue. The availability of good-for-nothing .length and operator[] are 
the issue. Putting in place the convention of using .raw is hardly 
useful within the context.


Andrei