Re: `aset` on strings, changing the size in bytes

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>
> Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2018 14:03:10 -0400
> 
> > Or maybe the proposal is to modify 'aset' to do the above under the
> > hood?
> 
> No, "'aset' do the above under the hood?" is what we have now.

That's not my reading of the code.  It doesn't seem to cons a new
string.

But if I'm mistaken, and the current implementation does cons a new
string, then what is your problem with it?  The original string is not
mutable, it's just replaced wit ha new one.