On 09-10-2011 13:24, Graham Cole wrote:
I understand from the documentation that the "-release" compiler switch turns off
"array bounds checking for system and trusted functions".
Is it correct that the following code should seg fault when compiled with
"-release" ?
string[string] h;
h["abc"] = "def";
string s = h["aaa"];
I.e. retrieving from an associative array for a non existent key.
I would have thought that an exception should be generated in this case when
compiled with
"-release" (as it is when compiled without).
This code behaves the same when compiled by both D1 and D2.
Should I report this as a bug ?
To generate a sensible exception in the first place, you'd have to
actually *do* bounds checking. When you disable bounds checking, you're
just allowing it to read/write beyond the bounds of the array, which any
sane OS won't be too happy with. :)
- Alex
