Modify a string's value

[Ben Finney]

s0suk3 at gmail.com writes:

> I've heard that a 'str' object is immutable. But is there *any* way to
> modify a string's internal value?

If there were, it would not be immutable. The 'str' type has only
immutable values.

You could implement your own string type, and have it allow mutable
values. You'd have to take care of creating those values explicitly,
though.

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Ben Finney