var str = "string" IO.print(str.join("") == str) // expect: true IO.print(str.join(", ")) // expect: s, t, r, i, n, g // 8-bit clean. var ing = "a\0b\0c" IO.print(ing.join("") == ing) // expect: true IO.print(ing.join(", ") == "a, \0, b, \0, c") // expect: true