From: Mystifier <mystifier@...>
Date: 2005-01-14T03:48:58+09:00
Subject: Mutable strings

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Hi All,
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Since my communications skills have be questioned on the ML, I am trying =
to
be better :)
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I saw few last posts by matz categorically saying that strings shall be
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I have nothing against or for it as a language specification. What =
interests
me that if string are immutable, we can use strings as symbols. This can
bring about few important effects on VM.
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1) Symbols and FixNum have few exceptions to the usual rules. Symbols =
may
not have any exceptions, since symbol and strings will be basically =
same.
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2) Efficiency of VM will improve because Symbols and Strings can be used
interchangeably.
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3) It might help on security, perhaps.
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A Mutable string class can be created for mutating strings.
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No, I am not trying to create another java, but as Users, how many times
have you mutated your strings?
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A mailing list to discuss Vuby Specifications has been created on =
Berlios
and will be active shortly for discussions.
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https://developer.berlios.de/projects/vuby/
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regards,
Mystifier
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