Porting java code I incidentally stuck with such an easy and stupid problem.

Java uses Object variable as 'universal type' for storing 'everything
(although it's not a typesafe).
How legally to assign variable value of some type to the Object variable in
D?

Something like on java:
-------------
 Object [] table = new Object[n];
 String key = "some key";
 table [0] = key; // legal code
...
and vice versa
------------

But for D I stuck:
...
   Object[] obj = new Object[10];
   wchar[] str = "fff";
   obj[0] = cast(Object)str; // error: cannot cast from wchar[] to Object

What's I make wrong?

D strings don't subclass Object. What else is being stored in "table"? Is it storing key-value pairs? If so I'd consider using an associative array indexed by wchar[] and declared as Object[wchar[]].

"Blandger" <zeroman@aport.ru> wrote in message news:cd1ahk$170b$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Porting java code I incidentally stuck with such an easy and stupid
problem.
>
> Java uses Object variable as 'universal type' for storing 'everything
> (although it's not a typesafe).
> How legally to assign variable value of some type to the Object variable
in
> D?
>
> Something like on java:
> -------------
>  Object [] table = new Object[n];
>  String key = "some key";
>  table [0] = key; // legal code
> ...
> and vice versa
> ------------
>
> But for D I stuck:
> ...
>    Object[] obj = new Object[10];
>    wchar[] str = "fff";
>    obj[0] = cast(Object)str; // error: cannot cast from wchar[] to Object
>
> What's I make wrong?
>
>

"Ben Hinkle" <bhinkle@mathworks.com> wrote in message news:cd1bk3$18ra$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> D strings don't subclass Object. What else is being stored in "table"? Is
it
> storing key-value pairs?

It's a DWT code. Something like storing and 'playing' with string key-value but I need time to clarify it. I hoped to run this place fast but now see it will take a time.

> If so I'd consider using an associative array
> indexed by wchar[] and declared as Object[wchar[]].

Thanks for all responds. I'll try some way.