• Kris (14/14) Dec 10 2005 toString(int) returns a shared, global slice for small numbers:
• JT (6/20) Dec 11 2005 WOOOOOOW! ok yeah Ive had weird problems like this and Im learning more ...
• Sean Kelly (4/23) Dec 11 2005 I suspect this is a const string and attempting the above on Linux would...
• Kris (2/6) Dec 11 2005 You just gave me an idea ;-)

"Kris" <fu bar.com> writes:

toString(int) returns a shared, global slice for small numbers:

import std.string;
import std.stdio;

void main()
{
        char[] c = toString(1);
        writefln (c);
        c[0] = '!';
        writefln (toString(1));
}

emits:

1
!

Read-only arrays would resolve this, and a whole lot more besides  :-)

JT <JT_member pathlink.com> writes:

In article <dng17i$6n6$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Kris says...
toString(int) returns a shared, global slice for small numbers:

import std.string;
import std.stdio;

void main()
{
        char[] c = toString(1);
        writefln (c);
        c[0] = '!';
        writefln (toString(1));
}

emits:

1
!

Read-only arrays would resolve this, and a whole lot more besides  :-)

WOOOOOOW! ok yeah Ive had weird problems like this and Im learning more every
day about how D handles these things. Thanks very much for pointing this out -
ive got .dups sprinkled all over my code becuase Im still trying to figure out
what these problems are - but you just gave me some important information. Its
quite straightforward but D is certainly a new paradigm one has to get used to. 

Sean Kelly <sean f4.ca> writes:

Kris wrote:
 toString(int) returns a shared, global slice for small numbers:
 
 import std.string;
 import std.stdio;
 
 void main()
 {
         char[] c = toString(1);
         writefln (c);
         c[0] = '!';
         writefln (toString(1));
 }
 
 emits:
 
 1
 !
 
 Read-only arrays would resolve this, and a whole lot more besides  :-)

I suspect this is a const string and attempting the above on Linux would 
result in a run-time error.  But it's a good point nevertheless :-)


Sean

"Kris" <fu bar.com> writes:

"Sean Kelly" <sean f4.ca> wrote
 Kris wrote:
 Read-only arrays would resolve this, and a whole lot more besides  :-)

 I suspect this is a const string and attempting the above on Linux would 
 result in a run-time error.  But it's a good point nevertheless :-)

You just gave me an idea ;-)