Const_String.fz
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# Source code of Fuzion standard library feature Const_String
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# Author: Fridtjof Siebert (siebert@tokiwa.software)
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# Const_String -- feature used for string constants in Fuzion source code
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# Const_String cannot be called directly, instances are created implicitly by the
# backend.
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private:public Const_String ref : String, array u8 (fuzion.sys.internal_array_init u8 -1) unit unit unit is
public redef utf8 Sequence u8 => Const_String.this
# Resolve repeated inheritance of as_string, is_empty from string and from array.
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# NYI: Once we have a select-mechanism, we could select string.as_string over
# array.as_string
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public redef as_string String => Const_String.this
public redef is_empty => length = 0
last changed: 2024-03-07