On Saturday, 25 March 2017 at 15:52:15 UTC, crimaniak wrote:
Simple File test:
void main()
{
import std.stdio;
File f = File("test.txt", "w");
f.writeln("hello");
}
All works as expected.
Now let's add __gshared:
void main()
{
import std.stdio;
__gshared File f = File("test.txt", "w");
f.writeln("hello");
}
Now we have:
/usr/include/dmd/phobos/std/stdio.d(3797): Error: fopen64
cannot be interpreted at compile time, because it has no
available source code
/usr/include/dmd/phobos/std/stdio.d(3804): called from
here: fopenImpl(namez.ptr(), modez.ptr())
/usr/include/dmd/phobos/std/stdio.d(404): called from
here: fopen(name, stdioOpenmode)
/usr/include/dmd/phobos/std/stdio.d(404): called from
here: errnoEnforce(fopen(name, stdioOpenmode), delegate
string() => text("Cannot open file `", name, "' in mode `",
stdioOpenmode, "'"))
/usr/include/dmd/phobos/std/stdio.d(404): called from
here: this.this(errnoEnforce(fopen(name, stdioOpenmode),
delegate string() => text("Cannot open file `", name, "' in
mode `", stdioOpenmode, "'")), name, 1u, false)
file.d(5): called from here: ((File __slFile648 =
File(null, null);) , __slFile648).this("test.txt", "w")
Oooops! Who can explain this error message to me?
DMD64 D Compiler v2.073.0
__gshared implies static, that is, known at compile time (ct),
that means the File constructor should be done at ct and thus
open the file. Compile time function execution doesn't allow IO
operations, however you can use
https://dlang.org/spec/expression.html#ImportExpression if you
want to read a file at compile time.