On Friday, November 8, 2024 4:27:40 PM MST Dom DiSc via Digitalmars-d-learn
wrote:
> I _very_ often use this pattern:
>
> ```
> fun(ref int[] a)
> {
> assert(a.length && a.length<=100);
> int[100] b;
> b[0 .. a.length-1] = a[];
> b[a.length .. 100] = 5;
> }
> ```
>
> I consider this perfectly safe, but DScanner gives warnings for
> this, no matter if a check is present or not.
> What's the recommended fix for this? I have no idea what else to
> use.
Well, I don't know what it's warning about, but the code is wrong, because
the lengths of the slices don't match in
b[0 .. a.length-1] = a[];
You'll get a RangeError being thrown when you run the code.
- Jonathan M Davis
