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1 point by pg 6129 days ago | link | parent

I've changed subseq (whose name is also going to become cut).

I don't want to add the second arg in string references, though, because omitting the cut implies you're getting a pointer within the original string, which you could then modify by setting elements.

Are pointers within strings useful? I.e. would be it be useful if this worked:

  arc> (= ss "foobar")
  "foobar"
  arc> (= ((ss 2 -2) 0) #\x)
  #\x
  arc> ss
  "foxbar"
  
There's no built-in way to get make a var point into the middle of a string in MzScheme, but I could make it happen if there was a need for it.