From: Martin Duerst <duerst@...>
Date: 2008-12-19T17:02:53+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:20690] Re: [Feature #905] Add String.new(fixnum) to  preallocate large buffer

At 09:08 08/12/19, Brian Ford wrote:

>Something like "ab" * 5 then becomes String.pattern("ab".size * 5, "ab").

I'm at a total loss to see why
   String.pattern("ab".size * 5, "ab")
should be in any way better than
   "ab" * 5
but maybe that's just me. Can somebody explain?

Regards,    Martin.



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