• "Charles Sanders" <sanders-consulting comcast.net> Oct 22 2003
• Helmut Leitner <helmut.leitner chello.at> Oct 22 2003
• "Sean L. Palmer" <palmer.sean verizon.net> Oct 23 2003
• "Vathix" <vathix dprogramming.com> Oct 23 2003
• Hauke Duden <H.NS.Duden gmx.net> Oct 23 2003
• "Nicolas Repiquet" <deadcow-remove-this free.fr> Oct 23 2003

"Charles Sanders" <sanders-consulting comcast.net> writes:

Will this ever be possible ?


char [] str = 'A' ~ " string";

( im actually running through a string in a for loop , and it doesnt allow
casting from char to char [] )

C

Helmut Leitner <helmut.leitner chello.at> writes:

Charles Sanders wrote:
 
 Will this ever be possible ?
 
 char [] str = 'A' ~ " string";
 
 ( im actually running through a string in a for loop , and it doesnt allow
 casting from char to char [] )


I think all primitives should at least have a toString property.

For the Moment you could use a canonical function

   alias char [] String;

   String CharRetString(char c)
   {
     String s="?";
     s[0]=c;
     return s;
   }

   String s= CharRetString('A') ~ "abc";


-- 
Helmut Leitner    leitner hls.via.at
Graz, Austria   www.hls-software.com

"Sean L. Palmer" <palmer.sean verizon.net> writes:

It seems like converting a basic type like char or int to a slice char[] or
int[] would not only be possible, but cheap as well.  It's a
one-dimensional, single element array!  ;)

Sean

"Helmut Leitner" <helmut.leitner chello.at> wrote in message
news:3F976AD2.9F703033 chello.at...
 Charles Sanders wrote:
 Will this ever be possible ?

 char [] str = 'A' ~ " string";

 ( im actually running through a string in a for loop , and it doesnt




 casting from char to char [] )


 I think all primitives should at least have a toString property.

 For the Moment you could use a canonical function

    alias char [] String;

    String CharRetString(char c)
    {
      String s="?";
      s[0]=c;
      return s;
    }

    String s= CharRetString('A') ~ "abc";

"Vathix" <vathix dprogramming.com> writes:

"Helmut Leitner" <helmut.leitner chello.at> wrote in message
news:3F976AD2.9F703033 chello.at...
 Charles Sanders wrote:
 Will this ever be possible ?

 char [] str = 'A' ~ " string";

 ( im actually running through a string in a for loop , and it doesnt




 casting from char to char [] )


 I think all primitives should at least have a toString property.

 For the Moment you could use a canonical function

    alias char [] String;

    String CharRetString(char c)
    {
      String s="?";
      s[0]=c;
      return s;
    }

    String s= CharRetString('A') ~ "abc";


 --
 Helmut Leitner    leitner hls.via.at
 Graz, Austria   www.hls-software.com


That code looks bad. Remember we're not supposed to write over string
literals; and why the String? Here's what I do:

char ch = 'A';
char[] s = (&ch)[0 .. 1] ~ "abc";

Hauke Duden <H.NS.Duden gmx.net> writes:

Vathix wrote:
   alias char [] String;




     String s="?";
     s[0]=c;





 That code looks bad. Remember we're not supposed to write over string
 literals;


Have I ever mentioned that I think D needs a true const type modifier? ;)

"Nicolas Repiquet" <deadcow-remove-this free.fr> writes:

"Charles Sanders" <sanders-consulting comcast.net> a écrit dans le message
news: bn7b4e$1t8o$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 Will this ever be possible ?


 char [] str = 'A' ~ " string";

 ( im actually running through a string in a for loop , and it doesnt allow
 casting from char to char [] )


char [] str = "hell";
str ~= 'o';

this works.

char[] str = "hell";
str = str ~ 'o';

this dont.

I ask walter for this, and i was answered that it is a bug, and it'll be
fixed soon.

-- Nicolas Repiquet