Why would the design not allow the contents of the string to be changed? I understand that the size and memory allocation for it is immutable.
On Thursday, 13 August 2020 at 18:50:10 UTC+5:30 Jan Mercl wrote: > On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 3:02 PM Sathish VJ <sath...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Why is this not allowed? > > > > s := "hello" > > s[0] = 'a' // compile error: cannot assign to s[0] > > > > https://play.golang.org/p/zyJXwhEeKPo > > """" > Strings are immutable: once created, it is impossible to change the > contents of a string. > """" > > (https://golang.org/ref/spec#String_types) > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/fdb397ce-4417-4c99-8774-87156d6b2412n%40googlegroups.com.
