• Freddy (1/1) Feb 24 2015 Why are strings immutable but array literals are not?
• Tobias Pankrath (2/3) Feb 24 2015 Because string is an alias for immutable(char).
• =?UTF-8?B?QWxpIMOHZWhyZWxp?= (3/6) Feb 24 2015 You meant immutable(char)[]. :)

"Freddy" <Hexagonalstar64 gmail.com> writes:

Why are strings immutable but array literals are not?

"Tobias Pankrath" <tobias pankrath.net> writes:

On Tuesday, 24 February 2015 at 22:12:57 UTC, Freddy wrote:
 Why are strings immutable but array literals are not?

Because string is an alias for immutable(char).

=?UTF-8?B?QWxpIMOHZWhyZWxp?= <acehreli yahoo.com> writes:

On 02/24/2015 02:51 PM, Tobias Pankrath wrote:
 On Tuesday, 24 February 2015 at 22:12:57 UTC, Freddy wrote:
 Why are strings immutable but array literals are not?

 Because string is an alias for immutable(char).

You meant immutable(char)[]. :)

Ali