Immutability of the Slice Versus the Elements

We have seen earlier in this chapter that the type of an immutable slice has been printed as immutable(int[]). As the parentheses after immutable indicate, it is the entire slice that is immutable. Such a slice cannot be modified in any way; elements may not be added or removed, their values may not be modified and the slice may not be changed to provide access to a different set of elements: