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From: Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de>
To: David Rajchenbach-Teller <David.Teller@ens-lyon.org>
Cc: Jon Harrop <jon@ffconsultancy.com>, caml-list@yquem.inria.fr
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Strings
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David Rajchenbach-Teller <David.Teller@ens-lyon.org> writes:

> I personally can't remember the last time I've needed mutable strings in
> OCaml.

Only for byte arrays or a buffering module where I String.blit to the
string itself instead of into a new string. Saves a mutable.

MfG
        Goswin