On Sat, Oct 07, 2023 at 12:00:48AM +0000, claptrap via Digitalmars-d-learn
wrote:
>
> char[] foo;
> foo.length = 4;
> foo[] = 'a'; // ok sets all elements
> foo[] = "a"; // range error at runtime?
> foo[] = "ab"; // range error at runtime?
>
> So I meant to init with a char literal but accidently used double
> quotes. Should that even compile? Shouldn't the compiler at least
> complain when trying to init with "ab"?
If you want initialization, don't slice the target array. For example:
char[] foo = "a";
Or:
char[] foo;
...
foo = "a";
When you write `foo[]` you're taking a slice of the array, and in that
case if the lengths of both sides of the assignment don't match, you'll
get a runtime error.
T
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