• Don Clugston (15/15) Jan 25 2006 Most casts work at compile time. This particular one does not.
• Thomas Kuehne (12/27) Feb 04 2006 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----

Don Clugston <dac nospam.com.au> writes:

Most casts work at compile time. This particular one does not.
(it complains that it's a non-constant expression).
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const char[] tapir = "some horned animal";

const byte [] antelope = cast(byte []) tapir;

int main() { return 0; }
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The next bit of code works, and achieves the same thing -- but not quite 
at compile time.

const char[] tapir = "some horned animal";

const byte [] antelope;
static this()
{
  antelope = cast(byte []) tapir;
}

Thomas Kuehne <thomas-dloop kuehne.cn> writes:

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Don Clugston schrieb am 2006-01-25:
 Most casts work at compile time. This particular one does not.
 (it complains that it's a non-constant expression).
 -------------
 const char[] tapir = "some horned animal";

 const byte [] antelope = cast(byte []) tapir;

 int main() { return 0; }
 ---------------

 The next bit of code works, and achieves the same thing -- but not quite 
 at compile time.

 const char[] tapir = "some horned animal";

 const byte [] antelope;
 static this()
 {
   antelope = cast(byte []) tapir;
 }

Added to DStress as
http://dstress.kuehne.cn/run/c/cast_31_A.d
http://dstress.kuehne.cn/run/c/cast_31_B.d

Thomas

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