Benjamin Wolsey writes: > I favour using a custom string class in libcore only, because it can > solve all the problems most efficiently. The disadvantage is that it > requires changes to the core (mostly minor changes, but lots of > them).
This is not a big disadvantage in my mind. The changes are likely to be mostly mechanical changes (syntax), rather than meaning (semantics). > The other difficulty is finding a way of enforcing the interface. Worry less about that. Python has no interface enforcement other than the convention that variable names which begin with _ are private names. -- --my blog is at http://blog.russnelson.com | Unregulation is a slippery Crynwr sells support for free software | PGPok | slope to prosperity and 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315-323-1241 | freedom. Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | Sheepdog | _______________________________________________ Gnash-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnash-dev

