From c8c50011512fbe1c9149b6e0d7c8f9a741726cca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andreas Rumpf Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2016 17:13:54 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] document change for == for cstrings --- web/news.txt | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/web/news.txt b/web/news.txt index 12f08e5eb..ef8775f9b 100644 --- a/web/news.txt +++ b/web/news.txt @@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ Changes affecting backwards compatibility than meaning 2.285 GB as in the previous implementation). By default it also uses IEC prefixes (KiB, MiB) etc and optionally uses colloquial names (kB, MB etc) and the (SI-preferred) space. +- The ``==`` operator for ``cstring`` now implements a value comparision + for the C backend (using ``strcmp``), not reference comparisons anymore. + Convert the cstrings to pointers if you really want reference equality + for speed. Library Additions