digitalmars.D.learn - "Error: Error: conversion 8,"
- jicman <jicman_member pathlink.com> Mar 18 2005
- J C Calvarese <jcc7 cox.net> Mar 18 2005
- J C Calvarese <jcc7 cox.net> Mar 22 2005
- jicman <jicman_member pathlink.com> Mar 23 2005
- AEon <AEon_member pathlink.com> Mar 20 2005
- "Alex Stevenson" <ans104 cs.york.ac.uk> Mar 20 2005
- Paul Bonser <misterpib gmail.com> Apr 20 2005
Has anyone seen this error before? I did a search on DigitalMars.com and didn't
find anything with that error. It does not say a line or anything, but I think
it has to do with this:
char[] SomeFunction()
{
char[] str = "blah blah";
return str;
}
void main()
{
char[] ch = SomeFunction()[0..5];
}
this code compiles and returns the right stuff. But it may be that the real
program is too complicated and it's failing.
Anyway, just thought I'd ask if someone has seen this before.
thanks.
jic
Mar 18 2005
jicman wrote:Has anyone seen this error before? I did a search on DigitalMars.com and didn't find anything with that error. It does not say a line or anything, but I think it has to do with this:
I'm not familiar with this error, but I've got some ideas. Here's what I did: I searched for "Error: conversion" in Phobos... which was found in ConvError (in dmd\src\phobos\stdconv\conv.d)... which was called by conv_error... which was called by toInt, toUint, toLong, toUlong. So it looks like the problem is in conv.d (std.conv). One of these function is being called incorrectly: toInt, toUint, toLong, toUlong Since I didn't see any of those functions in your sample, I guess the problem part is somewhere else. Hopefully, it'll be easier to find now. -- Justin (a/k/a jcc7) http://jcc_7.tripod.com/d/
Mar 18 2005
J C Calvarese wrote:jicman wrote:Has anyone seen this error before? I did a search on DigitalMars.com and didn't find anything with that error. It does not say a line or anything, but I think it has to do with this:
I'm not familiar with this error, but I've got some ideas. Here's what I did: I searched for "Error: conversion" in Phobos... which was found in ConvError (in dmd\src\phobos\stdconv\conv.d)...
(Oh, well, I'm guessing jicman figured out his problem regardless of my typographical error.) -- Justin (a/k/a jcc7) http://jcc_7.tripod.com/d/
Mar 22 2005
jicman <jicman_member pathlink.com> J C Calvarese says...J C Calvarese wrote:jicman wrote:Has anyone seen this error before? I did a search on DigitalMars.com and didn't find anything with that error. It does not say a line or anything, but I think it has to do with this:
I'm not familiar with this error, but I've got some ideas. Here's what I did: I searched for "Error: conversion" in Phobos... which was found in ConvError (in dmd\src\phobos\stdconv\conv.d)...
(Oh, well, I'm guessing jicman figured out his problem regardless of my typographical error.)
yes. :-) I am very forgiving. :-)
Mar 23 2005
jicman says... I have not tested this, but several things seem quite fishy to me, and may have to do with you problem.char[] SomeFunction() { char[] str = "blah blah"; return str; }
Returning str should not be possible, str is empty/undefinded. Since str is a local variable to SomeFunction(), as soon as you leave that function's scope str should not longer exist?void main() { char[] ch = SomeFunction()[0..5]; }
This means you are trying to slice a non-existing string. It also surprises me that you can use the slice "operator" on a function's return value. Just tested your code. As you say compiles with -w and runs as you expected. I am obviously not properly understanding something, about the local str var, or this is indeed illegal code, that just "happens" to work? How did you get that Error message though? AEon
Mar 20 2005
Since arrays are reference types, doesn't this mean that only the
pointer/length pair of the array is local (on the stack) and the data it
points to is on the heap/in the static data segment?
The quick test program:
#import std.stdio;
#int main( char[][] args )
#{
# writefln( foo()[2..5] );
# return 0;
#}#
#
#char[] foo()
#{
# char[] str = "abfoocd";
# return str;
#}
prints "foo" as expected.
Making str equal to "abfoocd".dup (meaning str points to a heap copy of
the variable) also produces the expected output.
On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 19:11:12 +0000 (UTC), AEon <AEon_member pathlink.com>
wrote:
jicman says...
I have not tested this, but several things seem quite fishy to me, and
may have
to do with you problem.
char[] SomeFunction()
{
char[] str = "blah blah";
return str;
}
Returning str should not be possible, str is empty/undefinded. Since str
is a
local variable to SomeFunction(), as soon as you leave that function's
scope str
should not longer exist?
void main()
{
char[] ch = SomeFunction()[0..5];
}
This means you are trying to slice a non-existing string. It also
surprises me
that you can use the slice "operator" on a function's return value.
Just tested your code. As you say compiles with -w and runs as you
expected.
I am obviously not properly understanding something, about the local str
var, or
this is indeed illegal code, that just "happens" to work?
How did you get that Error message though?
AEon
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Mar 20 2005
Alex Stevenson wrote:Since arrays are reference types, doesn't this mean that only the pointer/length pair of the array is local (on the stack) and the data it points to is on the heap/in the static data segment? The quick test program: #import std.stdio; #int main( char[][] args ) #{ # writefln( foo()[2..5] ); # return 0; #}# # #char[] foo() #{ # char[] str = "abfoocd"; # return str; #} prints "foo" as expected. Making str equal to "abfoocd".dup (meaning str points to a heap copy of the variable) also produces the expected output. On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 19:11:12 +0000 (UTC), AEon <AEon_member pathlink.com> wrote:jicman says... I have not tested this, but several things seem quite fishy to me, and may have to do with you problem.char[] SomeFunction() { char[] str = "blah blah"; return str; }
Returning str should not be possible, str is empty/undefinded. Since str is a local variable to SomeFunction(), as soon as you leave that function's scope str should not longer exist?void main() { char[] ch = SomeFunction()[0..5]; }
This means you are trying to slice a non-existing string. It also surprises me that you can use the slice "operator" on a function's return value. Just tested your code. As you say compiles with -w and runs as you expected. I am obviously not properly understanding something, about the local str var, or this is indeed illegal code, that just "happens" to work? How did you get that Error message though? AEon
It's probably good to notice that while both of these work, you can't edit the first one (in linux, in windows, you can), only the .dup-ed one. -- -PIB -- "C++ also supports the notion of *friends*: cooperative classes that are permitted to see each other's private parts." - Grady Booch
Apr 20 2005