Re: New array type? (was: 'table' as fallback for tables)

[Philipp Janda <siffiejoe@...>]

Am 07.07.2016 um 19:11 schröbte Roberto Ierusalimschy:
> > Thanks for your detailed reply here. I had in mind general complaints about
> > how difficult C strings have turned out to be in terms of use and security,
> > but I take your point that they do several things well—especially if we’re
> > concerned with efficiency. [...]
>
> It is very easy to find several flaws in C strings, until you consider
> all the alternatives.

Pretty much every programming language since C has done a better job 
about strings. One obvious example: C++ strings, which can grow, 
calculate the size in O(1), and contain NUL characters. You can even 
have bounds checking on access ...

Am I the only one who has re-implemented something like C++ strings in C 
for storing binary data or for building strings piecemeal?

Anyway, even Lua doesn't use C-style strings for strings.

> -- Roberto

Philipp