[REBOL] Re: BASIC-like string functions
From: greggirwin:starband at: 28-Aug-2001 10:24
Hi Joel,
>>
If you really want to "equate to BASIC's" string functions,
then you will want to copy, as that's the real behavior of
BASIC.
If you use the non-copying version of Right, and subsequently
modify the resulting string value, you'll find that you've
also changed the original, due to sharing of the underlying
sequence of characters.
>>
Right, thanks for confirming that for me. Even though I can see where the
non-copy version might be nice from an efficiency standpoint, I think it's
better to be safe and have them all conform to the same behavior.
Thanks,
--Gregg
