Re: [Vala] What is the right syntax for defining pointers or references or "aliases" in Vala ?

["Jonathan Ryan" <jryan curious-computing com>]

Also remember that "[t]he data type for strings is string. Vala strings are UTF-8 encoded and immutable." 
[http://live.gnome.org/Vala/Tutorial#Strings]
If they are to be immutable, assigning strings must yield shallow copies.

-----Original Message-----
From: vala-list-bounces gnome org [mailto:vala-list-bounces gnome org] On Behalf Of Rui Tiago Cação Matos
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 6:03 PM
To: Serge Hulne
Cc: vala-list
Subject: Re: [Vala] What is the right syntax for defining pointers or references or "aliases" in Vala ?

On 20 June 2011 22:26, Serge Hulne <serge hulne gmail com> wrote:
> ///
> using Posix;
>
> void main (string[] argv) {
>
>    string a = "hello";
>    string b = a;
>    Posix.stdout.printf("a = %p\n", &a);
>    Posix.stdout.printf("b = %p\n", &b);

This is printing the address where the pointers are, that's why you are getting 2 different stack addresses. 
Remove the '&' here and it will actually print their values.

> }
> ///

Rui
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