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

[Jim Nelson <jim yorba org>]

Actually, string.strip() (which uses g_strstrip) returns a new string.

However, you're right, string is not immutable.  This works:

void main() {
    string a = "abc";
    stdout.printf("%s\n", a);

    a.data[0] = 'A';
    stdout.printf("%s\n", a);
}

-- Jim

On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 12:27 AM, Christian Siefkes
<christian siefkes net>wrote:

> On 06/21/2011 01:29 AM, Jonathan Ryan wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Though they are not *completely* immutable, e.g. calling str._strip() will
> modify a string in place (or so I think).
>
> Best regards
>        Christian
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