quercerandjanath wrote:
> --- In
iolanguage@... <mailto:iolanguage%40yahoogroups.com>,
> Steve Dekorte <steve@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 2009-04-26, at 2:13 AM, spir wrote:
> > > (works also for longer strings)
> > > How come literal values can be shared? Have the impression I must be
> > > messing up distinct things -- or overlooking something obvious.
> >
> > String literals are symbols. Symbols are global and there is only one
> > instance of each. Even if a symbol isn't referenced, it will live
> > until the garbage collector removes it. For example:
> >
> > Io> "foo" uniqueId
> > ==> 6564192
> > Io> "foo" uniqueId
> > ==> 6564192
> > Io> Collector collect
> > ==> 5196
> > Io> "foo" uniqueId
> > ==> 5405424
>
> I like this behaviour, and it doesn't seem at all like magic to me. It
> seems more consistent than the way other languages treat literals.
> Literals in Io work just like other objects. Good!
>
I agree, literals seem to just fit in like everything else.
Mike
