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digitalmars.D.learn - String literal converted to char*. Doc bug?

reply simendsjo <simen.endsjo pandavre.com> writes:
The documentation for array says

 (...), and a string literal can be implicitly cast to a char*



But this fails
char* a = "a"; // cannot implicitly convert expression "a" of type
string to char*

This works:
char* a = cast(char*)"a";

Is the documentation a bit out of date, is this a bug, or is it only
correct in some cases?
Apr 08 2011
parent reply Jesse Phililps <jessekphililps+D gmail.com> writes:
simendsjo Wrote:


 The documentation for array says

 (...), and a string literal can be implicitly cast to a char*



 But this fails
 char* a = "a"; // cannot implicitly convert expression "a" of type
 string to char*
 
 This works:
 char* a = cast(char*)"a";
 
 Is the documentation a bit out of date, is this a bug, or is it only
 correct in some cases?



I think the documentation is out of date. Untested:

const(char)* a = "a";
Apr 08 2011
parent simendsjo <simen.endsjo pandavre.com> writes:
Ok, files bug: http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=5820
Apr 08 2011