On Sat, 01 Aug 2009 20:26:34 +0200, Hans Vercammen <hve...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Strings in vala are immutable value objects. If you are in need of a > mutable (cow) reference counted string implementation, that would > certainly be possible, although I doubt that the end result would > perform better than current situation. It's not like in C++ for > example, where you could optimize by inlining certain critical parts. Even immutable value objects can sometimes do with reference counting... Otherwise they're limited to exactly one owner; any time there's even the slightest possibility that the string might vary from the source or cease to exist outside of the objects control, it needs to create a copy for its own use, or jump through hoops likely to end up being more expensive than the original copy would have been. -- Fredderic Debian/unstable (LC#384816) on i686 2.6.29-2-686 2009 (up 7 days, 4:15)
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