• Richard Webb <webby beardmouse.org.uk> Jun 08 2010
• bearophile <bearophileHUGS lycos.com> Jun 08 2010
• =?UTF-8?B?QWxpIMOHZWhyZWxp?= <acehreli yahoo.com> Jun 08 2010

Richard Webb <webby beardmouse.org.uk> writes:

Hi,

While trying to get some things to build in D2, i noticed that the code:

////////////////////
import std.array;

void main (string[] args)
{
    string s;
    auto app = appender(&s);
    app.put(['a', 'b']);
}
/////////////////////

works, but if it's changed to;

char[2] tmp = ['a', 'b'];
app.put(tmp);

then it fails. Seems to be because char[2] isn't a forward range, so it
doesn't match the version of put that takes a range.

Is this a bug?

bearophile <bearophileHUGS lycos.com> writes:

Richard Webb:
 char[2] tmp = ['a', 'b'];
 app.put(tmp);
 
 then it fails. Seems to be because char[2] isn't a forward range, so it
 doesn't match the version of put that takes a range.
 
 Is this a bug?


Maybe it's not a bug, but it's a limitation. With some more work on the
Appender then this limit can be removed. If you want you can fix the problem
and submit a patch in bugzilla. Probably it's not too much hard to do.

Bye,
bearophile

=?UTF-8?B?QWxpIMOHZWhyZWxp?= <acehreli yahoo.com> writes:

Richard Webb wrote:
 Hi,
 
 While trying to get some things to build in D2, i noticed that the code:
 
 ////////////////////
 import std.array;
 
 void main (string[] args)
 {
     string s;
     auto app = appender(&s);
     app.put(['a', 'b']);
 }
 /////////////////////
 
 works, but if it's changed to;
 
 char[2] tmp = ['a', 'b'];
 app.put(tmp);
 
 then it fails. Seems to be because char[2] isn't a forward range, so it
 doesn't match the version of put that takes a range.
 
 Is this a bug?


The problem is due to a relatively recent change to D2: the size of 
fixed sized arrays may not be changed. (I like how it fits their name. :) )

Ali