From: Benoit Daloze <eregontp@...>
Date: 2010-06-03T05:50:03+09:00
Subject: Re: PRE DETERMINE THE SIZE OF A STRING

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On 2 June 2010 17:20, Brian Candler <b.candler@pobox.com> wrote:

> kevid wrote:
> > please, is there a way to pre-determine the size (or capacity) of a
> > string in ruby?
>
> Nope, strings are resized dynamically as required. But you could make
> your own class which does this.
>
> It could, for example, delegate to an underlying String object,
> intercepting calls which could make the string bigger, and either raise
> an error or truncate the error if it exceeds the chosen size.
>
>
But you likely do not need that ;)
What is your aim ?

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