From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.104]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06255BBC4 for ; Sat, 4 Apr 2009 12:07:29 +0200 (CEST) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Au8AALXN1knUnwckjmdsb2JhbACCIZQFAQEBAQkLCAkPBrZChA8G X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.39,323,1235948400"; d="scan'208";a="25622114" Received: from relay.ptn-ipout02.plus.net ([212.159.7.36]) by mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP/TLS/RC4-SHA; 04 Apr 2009 12:07:28 +0200 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AigFAF/O1knUnw6T/2dsb2JhbACCIcp6hA8G Received: from ptb-relay03.plus.net ([212.159.14.147]) by relay.ptn-ipout02.plus.net with ESMTP; 04 Apr 2009 11:07:28 +0100 Received: from [87.112.226.235] (helo=leper.local) by ptb-relay03.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1Lq2md-0004qs-UN for caml-list@yquem.inria.fr; Sat, 04 Apr 2009 11:07:28 +0100 From: Jon Harrop Organization: Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Strings Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2009 11:13:48 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.9 References: <200904031256.33357.jon@ffconsultancy.com> <8697F924-0485-4E00-81DF-9BCF74D872EA@erratique.ch> <4b5157c30904031246x1628919ek9bed3e53b672c367@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4b5157c30904031246x1628919ek9bed3e53b672c367@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200904041113.48497.jon@ffconsultancy.com> X-Plusnet-Relay: e75ad6fb01ca71d426feec068876fa88 X-Spam: no; 0.00; 2009:98 frog:98 wrote:01 caml-list:01 immutable:01 strings:01 strings:01 argument:02 rarely:02 character:04 useful:09 agree:12 ltd:87 source:12 question:13 On Friday 03 April 2009 20:46:26 Paolo Donadeo wrote: > > You clearly want both, but each with its own type and strings as > > immutable. Individual character mutability is rarely needed in text > > processing > > I can agree with you on this argument, but a question still remains: > > why should you ever do things like: > > # s.[0] <- 'a';; Exactly. I find that to be useful and not a source of errors. -- Dr Jon Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. http://www.ffconsultancy.com/?e