From 52d7e8a1c2e301b52be6c07ffbf9bff5fc781b79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cannoli-fruit <co.dy.0.i.s.0.he.re@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2026 01:18:55 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Updated slice examples to show string is not required to be
 mutable

---
 examples/string_split.c | 6 +-----
 examples/string_trim.c  | 4 +---
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/examples/string_split.c b/examples/string_split.c
index 6720f3b..5f42fa4 100644
--- a/examples/string_split.c
+++ b/examples/string_split.c
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 #define LAZY_IMPL
 #include "../lazy.h"
-#include <string.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 
 int isnotalpha(int x) { return !isalpha(x); }
 
 int main() {
-  char *src =  lz_cstr_dup("This is a list of words, which apparently has been referred to previously as a sentence");
+  char *src = "This is a list of words, which apparently has been referred to previously as a sentence";
   Lz_Slc s = lz_cstr_to_slc(src);
 
   Lz_Slc word;
@@ -18,8 +17,5 @@ int main() {
     ++i;
   } while(s.cnt != 0);
 
-  free(src);
-
   return 0;
-
 }
diff --git a/examples/string_trim.c b/examples/string_trim.c
index 689583d..1922ca4 100644
--- a/examples/string_trim.c
+++ b/examples/string_trim.c
@@ -1,18 +1,16 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
-#include <string.h>
 #define LAZY_IMPL
 #include "../lazy.h"
 
 int main() {
-  char *src = lz_cstr_dup(" \t   This text has some extra whitespace  \t ");
+  char *src = " \t   This text has some extra whitespace  \t ";
   Lz_Slc s = lz_cstr_to_slc(src);
 
   printf("|"LZ_STR_FMT"|\n", LZ_STR_PRINTF(s));
   lz_trim_typ(&s, isspace);
   printf("|"LZ_STR_FMT"|\n", LZ_STR_PRINTF(s));
 
-  free(src); // excessive but this is how you should do it
 
   return 0;
 }