On Wednesday, 1 June 2016 at 12:14:06 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu
wrote:
On 05/31/2016 08:46 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
(Shouldn't those be by!dchar, by!wchar, by!char? byCodeUnit and
byCodePoint stay as they are.)
4. Rally behind RCStr as the preferred string type of the D
language. RCStr manages its own memory, is fast, and has the
right interface (i.e. offers several views for iteration
without an implicit one, doesn't throw on invalid code points,
etc).
This is the key component. We get rid of GC-backed strings,
which is part of the crucial goal for D we need to achieve, and
reap the benefit of a better design as a perk. Breaking
existing code does not have the right benefit for the cost.
Let's keep the eyes on the ball, folks. We want to rid D of the
GC. That's the prize.
Andrei
How would the transition look like? How would it affect existing
code, like e.g. `countUntil`, `.length` etc.?
