26 Jan
2011
26 Jan
'11
2:40 p.m.
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Matus Chochlik <chochlik@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Yakov Galka <ybungalobill@gmail.com> wrote:
Excuse my ignorance, but can someone explain to me why people are so keen on immutable strings? Aren't they basically the same as 'shared_ptr<const std::string>'?
I'm fairly neutral on the immutability issue, I do not oppose it if someone shows why it is a superior design, provided it does not break everything horribly (from the backward compatibility perspective).
I think I missed the part where the immutable string has to be backward compatible. Backward compatible to what? -- Dean Michael Berris about.me/deanberris