On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 8:35 PM, Zane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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"; >
I'm not sure, I haven't touched D2 yet.
