[PD-dev] Pd Strings

[Frank Barknecht]

Hallo,
Chris McCormick hat gesagt: // Chris McCormick wrote:

> 4. Can anyone else help me with a concise summary of other string/Pd
> issues I haven't thought of?

Not really, but if you consider symbols as a kind of immutable string,
then this is not uncommon as a string-like type in programming
languages. It even seems to have some advantages, as this text about
Lua's strings hints at:
http://mooseyard.com/Jens/2005/06/lua-and-unique-strings/ In Pd,
garbage collection of unused symbols is missing, though.

But beware, I'm no language design expert at all.

Ciao
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 Frank Barknecht                                     _ ______footils.org__