On 06/21/2011 08:00 PM, Jim Nelson wrote: > Actually, string.strip() (which uses g_strstrip) returns a new string.
Yes, string.strip() returns a new string, but string._strip() [note the
underscore] doesn't return anything and just modifies the calling string
in-place. Both of them exist in the string API.
Best regards
Christian
> 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]
> <mailto:[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).
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