Raw type system support for strings #85
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The raw type system uses raw C-strings (null terminated strings with 1-byte characters). This isn't necessarily the final form and is up for debate, but I wanted some sort of support for raw type system strings so we can test the type system infrastructure works.
On the other hand I do feel there is some value in supporting C-strings as well. I wonder if it would make sense to support 3 type systems instead of the current two: