Re: pseudo-specs for a String class

> In any case, I agree with the general model of:
>
> * Memory: some chunk of contiguous memory somewhere;
> * MemoryRegion: some reference to { Memory, offset, length }
> * String: a MemoryRegion and some routines to manipulate it

I'm unconvinced. What's the purpose of a MemoryRegion if you can't
manipulate it?
In C, it makes sense to provide different API: strings provide
different semantics than char* (they're null-terminated).

But here?
Everything is bounds-safe or it's not worth the effort.
NULL-termination is optional and only used when exporting the
underlying data..

I'm being very pragmatic here: if it behaves like a string, it is a
string, despite the fact that it might actually be a buffer, or a
blob.

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 /kinkie