• d-bugmail puremagic.com (28/28) Dec 06 2006 http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=659

d-bugmail puremagic.com writes:

http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=659

           Summary: unclear error message
           Product: GDC
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Macintosh
        OS/Version: Mac OS X
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: glue layer
        AssignedTo: dvdfrdmn users.sf.net
        ReportedBy: csantander619 gmail.com


This code gives an unclear error message:

//----------------
struct A
{
    int [10] arr;
}

void main ()
{
    A a;
    a.arr.length = 20;
}
//----------------
$ gdmd test.d 
test.d:9: Error: constant (*(&(a) + 0)).length is not an lvalue
//----------------


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