Jay,
A Go string is represented by a struct.
type stringStruct struct {
str unsafe.Pointer
len int
}
Assigning a new value to a string variable is a struct assignment that does
not immediately destroy the underlying value of the original string.
Peter
On Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at 10:55:27 AM UTC-4, Jay Sharma wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I went through documentation and many post. Every where it is specified
> *strings
> are immutable*.
>
> I have some string :
>
> x := "teststring"
>
>
> I want to *wipe out/overwrite* the content of this string x from
> disk/memory.
>
> As per me the simplest way to do this:
>
> x = ""
>
>
> or If I want to overwrite it with some new content, I can do this: [*Here
> length of new string is equal to length of old string*]
>
> x = "new1string"
>
>
> As I am overwriting the content with new content, Is it *inplace
> replacement* [same memory is being updated] or a new copy will be created
> with new content and old content will be there in the memory ?
>
>
>
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