• Russ Lewis (3/3) Jul 14 2005 What does this declaration mean?
• David Medlock (3/6) Jul 14 2005 I believe it means do not initialize the buffer.
• Stefan (5/8) Jul 14 2005 It's documented here:
• Russ Lewis (2/17) Jul 17 2005 Cool, thanks for the pointer to the official answer!

Russ Lewis <spamhole-2001-07-16 deming-os.org> writes:

What does this declaration mean?
     char[uint.sizeof * 3] buffer = void;
(taken from std.string, line 2049, in dmd 0.128)

David Medlock <noone nowhere.com> writes:

Russ Lewis wrote:

 What does this declaration mean?
     char[uint.sizeof * 3] buffer = void;
 (taken from std.string, line 2049, in dmd 0.128)

I believe it means do not initialize the buffer.
Its an optimization.

Stefan <Stefan_member pathlink.com> writes:

In article <db5v7u$2thc$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Russ Lewis says...
What does this declaration mean?
     char[uint.sizeof * 3] buffer = void;
(taken from std.string, line 2049, in dmd 0.128)

It's documented here:

http://www.digitalmars.com/d/memory.html#uninitializedarrays

Best regards,
Stefan

Russ Lewis <spamhole-2001-07-16 deming-os.org> writes:

Stefan wrote:
 In article <db5v7u$2thc$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Russ Lewis says...
 
What does this declaration mean?
    char[uint.sizeof * 3] buffer = void;
(taken from std.string, line 2049, in dmd 0.128)

 
 
 It's documented here:
 
 http://www.digitalmars.com/d/memory.html#uninitializedarrays
 
 Best regards,
 Stefan
 
 

Cool, thanks for the pointer to the official answer!