Actually, string.strip() (which uses g_strstrip) returns a new string.
However, you're right, string is not immutable. This works:
void main() {
string a = "abc";
stdout.printf("%s\n", a);
a.data[0] = 'A';
stdout.printf("%s\n", a);
}
-- Jim
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 12:27 AM, Christian Siefkes
<[email protected]>wrote:
> On 06/21/2011 01:29 AM, Jonathan Ryan wrote:
> > Also remember that "[t]he data type for strings is string. Vala strings
> are UTF-8 encoded and immutable." [
> http://live.gnome.org/Vala/Tutorial#Strings]
> > If they are to be immutable, assigning strings must yield shallow copies.
>
> Though they are not *completely* immutable, e.g. calling str._strip() will
> modify a string in place (or so I think).
>
> Best regards
> Christian
>
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