String manipulation

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d]

I just submitted a note on a commit:

https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/phobos/commit/8dc29bff62fc7c2f806e08cccc01be55923fa83b

It seems we need a better angle on string support. E.g., what qualifies 
as a "string-like" data structure? Adding individual functions for a 
bunch of cases doesn't seem like the right approach.


Andrei