Hi all,
I am linking to a C library which defines a symbol,
const char seq_nt16_str[] = "=ACMGRSVTWYHKDBN";
In the C sources, this is an array of 16 bytes (17 I guess,
because it is written as a string).
In the C headers, it is listed as extern const char
seq_nt16_str[];
When linking to this library from another C program, I am able to
treat seq_nt16_str as any other array, and being defined as []
fundamentally it is a pointer.
When linking to this library from D, I have declared it as:
extern __gshared const(char)* seq_nt16_str;
***But this segfaults when I treat it like an array (e.g. by
accessing members by index).***
Because I know the length, I can instead declare:
extern __gshared const(char)[16] seq_nt16_str;
My question is: Why can I not treat it opaquely and use it
declared as char* ? Does this have anything to do with it being a
global stored in the static data segment?
