From: Dmitry Bilunov <kmeaw@...>
Date: 2007-08-08T18:37:00+09:00
Subject: Re: non-constant strings

Eric Hodel wrote:
> On Aug 7, 2007, at 14:41, Dmitry Bilunov wrote:
>> Hello. Why does Ruby have non-constant strings? It seems there is a  
>> way
>> to bypass object encapsulation paradigm and break object integrity.
> 
> Ruby lets you shoot yourself in the foot.
> 
> http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/79333
> 
>> Is there a way to disable such behaviour ($SAFE will not help,  
>> because internal class methods will not be able to change instance- 
>> variable strings too).
> 
> Nope.
> 
> You can search the mailing list archives for further discussion on
> the mutability of strings:
> 
> http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/ruby/ruby-talk/index.shtml

Thanks. Mailing list discussion has exactly what I was looking for - the 
explanation of the reason Ruby has mutable strings.
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