On 02/10/12 19:22, H. S. Teoh wrote: > 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.
No idea, i'm using gcc version 4.6.3 20120106 (prerelease gdc 0.31 - r748:ab99d67f04c2, using dmd 2.057) artur
