From: Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...>
Date: 2008-12-19T09:23:21+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:20671] Re: [Feature #905] Add String.new(fixnum) to preallocate large buffer

Hi

In message "Re: [ruby-core:20668] [Feature #905] Add String.new(fixnum) to preallocate large buffer"
    on Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:46:13 +0900, Charles Nutter <redmine@ruby-lang.org> writes:

|Because Strings are used in ruby as arbitrary byte buffers, and because the cost of growing a String increases as it gets larger (especially when it starts small), String.new should support a form that takes a fixnum and ensures the backing store will have at least that much room. This is analogous to Array.new(fixnum) which does the same thing.

I like the idea.

But I'd prefer adding a new class methodfor the purpose,
say. String#buffer(n), to adding new role to an argument by type,
or there may be a better name.

							matz.