On Friday, 16 August 2024 at 13:30:53 UTC, IchorDev wrote:
On Friday, 16 August 2024 at 11:37:08 UTC, Nick Treleaven wrote:
On Friday, 16 August 2024 at 06:15:18 UTC, Bruce wrote:
```d
string s = a.dup; // copy to heap, assuming you need the data
to escape (use a[] otherwise)
s.writeln();
```
I think you meant `idup`? `dup` will make it mutable.
`dup` actually works. I tested the code before posting. It should
be that `dup` is a template function which gets inferred as
strongly `pure`, so the result is known to the compiler to be
unique.
https://dlang.org/spec/function.html#pure-factory-functions
So perhaps `idup` is no longer needed.
