On 4/8/2012 7:26 AM, Manu wrote:
> Is it realistic that anyone can actually use raw d-string's in an app that performs a lot of string manipulation? I bet most people end up with a custom string class anyway...
> Who's written a string-heavy app without their own string helper class? I ended up with a string class within about half an hour of trying to work with D strings (initially just to support stack strings, then it grew).

Warp (a fast C preprocessor)

https://github.com/facebookarchive/warp

On 19 April 2018 at 02:22, Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote:
> On 4/8/2012 7:26 AM, Manu wrote:
>>
>> Is it realistic that anyone can actually use raw d-string's in an app that
>> performs a lot of string manipulation? I bet most people end up with a
>> custom string class anyway...
>> Who's written a string-heavy app without their own string helper class? I
>> ended up with a string class within about half an hour of trying to work
>> with D strings (initially just to support stack strings, then it grew).
>
>
> Warp (a fast C preprocessor)
>
> https://github.com/facebookarchive/warp

Cool story... 6 years later! :P