From: akr@...
Date: 2015-08-24T16:22:57+00:00
Subject: [ruby-core:70573] [Ruby trunk - Feature #11473] Immutable String	literal in Ruby 3

Issue #11473 has been updated by Akira Tanaka.


Yusuke Endoh wrote:
> Akira Tanaka wrote:
> > This issue tries to solve more than performance.
> > As Matsuda-san explained, it solves a social problem.
> 
> Adding `.freeze` blindly is stupid.  It should be added only when it is really needed, i.e., only when a string literal in a core loop was proved to be the bottleneck.  The core loop is <10% of the code.  Do not bring the burden to the innocent 90% of the code.

The social problem currently happen seems that not everyone thinks as you.
Your cleverness doesn't solve the social problem, unfortunately.

I think changing Ruby is easier than educating people.



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Feature #11473: Immutable String literal in Ruby 3
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/11473#change-53981

* Author: Koichi Sasada
* Status: Assigned
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: Yukihiro Matsumoto
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Matz said "All String literals are immutable (frozen) on Ruby 3".

This ticket is place holder to discuss about that.




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