Re: Hex constant method starts from ".a": 0xCCCCCC.argb

[Виталий Фадеев via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Monday, 14 December 2020 at 05:37:21 UTC, Paul Backus wrote:

On Monday, 14 December 2020 at 05:27:40 UTC, Виталий Фадеев wrote:

".rgb"  Compiled fine.
".argb" Compilation error.


Source:
    https://run.dlang.io/is/ULQ4kh

It's parsing the `.a` in `.argb` as part of the number:

auto color = 0x00AABBCC.a rgb; // what the compiler sees

You can fix it with parentheses:

auto color = (0x00AABBCC).argb;

Thanks!

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