Jarrett Billingsley Wrote: > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 8:13 PM, Zane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey all, > > > > I am trying to get a full understanding of mutable/immutable string syntax. > > I understand it to be true that 'char[]' is mutable and that 'string' is > > immutable and is the same as invariant(char)[]. If I am incorrect on any > > of this, please let me know. > > That's all correct. > > > On a slightly different note, why does the compiler allow me to set an > > immutable value to a mutable type if it is an error? I am using dmd v1.033 > > -- Is this for v2.xx only? Thanks for any information that you can provide > > and sorry if these questions have already been answered. > > Yes. The whole section on const and invariant is D2 only. If you > click the "D 1" link at the top left, you'll get to the D 1 > specification. The Digital Mars website kind of .. "guides" you into > D2 with little mention of D1.
Thanks for your quick response. So then as in the example given, in D2, is this initialization allowed or was it a typo/mistake in the example?: char[] s1 = "hello world"; Thanks again, Zane
