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But surely it's a step towards more safety. Compare to passing char * around or ref/ptr to string. Sure C++ doesnt have a borrow checker but these types encour
by typon 6y ago
But surely it's a step towards more safety. Compare to passing char * around or ref/ptr to string.
Sure C++ doesnt have a borrow checker but these types encourage the idea of "reifying" lack of ownership rather than keeping it ad hoc
- temac 6y agoYou don't infer potential ownership from a C++ ref. Likewise for char* strings unless it is to interface with a C api, in which case you will keep it anyway.
- benibela 6y agoI have always used Pascal for memory safe strings. Reference counted, mutable xor aliased, bound checked: their safety is perfect. Unfortunately there is no string view, so you need to copy the substrings or use pointers/indices. I tried to build a string view, but the freepascal compiler is not smart enough to keep a struct of 2 elements in registers.