Javascript's `backquoted ${str}` are immutable.
So changing the embedded variable str won't change the value of the
templated string.
As if we didn't have enough variants of strings ;-) perhaps we should
support that one too :-)
On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 11:20 AM Jochen Theodorou <blackd...@gmx.org> wrote:
>
>
> Am 11.09.2018 um 01:59 schrieb MG:
> > Hi Jochen,
> >
> > could you be more precise about where you see the problem(s) in your
> > example:
> >
> > 1) That Wrapper is not an immutable class, and you can therefore change
> > its state after creation ?
> > 2) That GString $-expressions (outside of "${-> ...}") do not capture
> > the expression, but the result of evaluating the expression (which
> > oftentimes will be an Object referece) ?
> > 3) That GString is not immediately evaluated to its String
> representation ?
> > 4) ... ?
>
> The problem is user expectations. Many do not expect GString to be
> mutable, since they do not use it as a templating solution or something
> compareable. I think we should offer something here. That does not have
> to be GString in syntax at all.
>
> Or we align more with Javascript tempalating and make GString immutable.
>
> bye Jochen
>
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