Hi Marvin,
I just saw that you started to work on an immutable string class. It's a good
idea to get this done before the first Clownfish release. Some implementation
details have already been discussed on lucy-dev and I have an unpublished,
local branch where I continued to flesh out the design of string iterators.
I see that you made CharBuf inherit from String as a temporary measure. It
seems that you have a plan on how to make a gradual transition to immutable
strings which would be great. Can you share some details about the separate
steps so I could help with some of the work? From what I understand, the
process should roughly look like this:
* Move a couple of methods from CharBuf to String.
* Implement string iterators.
* Make CFC convert between Perl and Clownfish strings.
* Implement a "zombie" string class?
* Step-by-step conversion of CharBufs to Strings.
* Make CharBuf a separate class.
Nick
