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Ticket 27: string-ref/set! access time

2010-10-18 03:11:09
WG1 - Strings and Chars
alexshinn
major
alexshinn
fixed
source
closed
2010-02-23 16:59:16
defect

R6RS suggests string-ref and string-set! work in O(1) time, implying strings are implemented as character arrays. Do we reaffirm this?

cowan
2010-10-18 03:11:09
milestone␣␣
resolution␣fixed
statusnewclosed

The WG voted not to impose a constant-time restriction.