On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 07:17:22PM +0100, Artur Skawina wrote: > On 02/10/12 19:07, H. S. Teoh wrote: > > I'm not sure whether the following a compiler/language bug or a Phobos > > bug, but it's definitely some kind of bug: > > > > auto s = "abc"; > > immutable t = "def"; > > > > writeln(typeid(s)); // immutable(char)[] > > writeln(typeid(t)); // immutable(immutable(char)[]) > > // (what is this supposed to mean?!) > > The array itself is immutable, not just the elements.
I see. > > char ch = 'c'; > > bool b = canFind(s, ch); // OK > > bool c = canFind(t, ch); // Compile error?? > > > > The compile error is: > > > > test.d:11: Error: template std.algorithm.canFind(alias pred = "a == > > b",Range,V) if (is(typeof(find!(pred)(range,value)))) does not match any > > function template declaration > > test.d:11: Error: template std.algorithm.canFind(alias pred = "a == > > b",Range,V) if (is(typeof(find!(pred)(range,value)))) cannot deduce > > template function from argument types !()(immutable(char[]),char) > > > > Can somebody explain what's going on here? > > FWIW, it compiles fine here. [...] Is it a Phobos bug that got fixed recently? I'm still using gdc-4.6. T -- Talk is cheap. Whining is actually free. -- Lars Wirzenius
