Derek Parnell Wrote:
> You could try this simpler method ...

Oh. Slices!  I didn't think of that.  It should be just as efficient too, since these slices will not copy the contents.

As for your follow-up, I thought that
  char abc[32];
would initialize abc to 32 zeroes automatically.  Am I wrong?

C. Dunn wrote:

> As for your follow-up, I thought that
>   char abc[32];
> would initialize abc to 32 zeroes automatically.  Am I wrong?

chars are initialized to 0xff


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"Oskar Linde" <oskar.lindeREM@OVEgmail.com> wrote in message news:f9qcug$2sgj$1@digitalmars.com...
> C. Dunn wrote:
>
>> As for your follow-up, I thought that
>>   char abc[32];
>> would initialize abc to 32 zeroes automatically.  Am I wrong?
>
> chars are initialized to 0xff

There are a few ways to get that initialized to 0 in the struct, tho:

1) Just write the initializer in the struct.

struct S
{
    char[32] abc = [0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
    0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0];
}

Kind of ugly, but straightforward.

2) Typedef a zero-init char type.

typedef char zchar = 0;

struct S
{
    zchar[32] abc;
}

You then might run into annoyances when converting between char and zchar.

Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
> "Oskar Linde" <oskar.lindeREM@OVEgmail.com> wrote in message news:f9qcug$2sgj$1@digitalmars.com...
>> C. Dunn wrote:
>>
>>> As for your follow-up, I thought that
>>>   char abc[32];
>>> would initialize abc to 32 zeroes automatically.  Am I wrong?
>> chars are initialized to 0xff
> 
> There are a few ways to get that initialized to 0 in the struct, tho:
> 
> 1) Just write the initializer in the struct.
> 
> struct S
> {
>     char[32] abc = [0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
>     0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0];
> }
> 
> Kind of ugly, but straightforward.
> 

Ever since Issue 1268 was fixed in 1.017, you can just write:

char[32] abc = 0;

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"Deewiant" <deewiant.doesnotlike.spam@gmail.com> wrote in message news:f9rjbi$1sav$1@digitalmars.com...
>
> Ever since Issue 1268 was fixed in 1.017, you can just write:
>
> char[32] abc = 0;
>

I always wished that that were possible, but never knew if it was legal :D

Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
> "Deewiant" <deewiant.doesnotlike.spam@gmail.com> wrote in message news:f9rjbi$1sav$1@digitalmars.com...
>> Ever since Issue 1268 was fixed in 1.017, you can just write:
>>
>> char[32] abc = 0;
>>
> 
> I always wished that that were possible, but never knew if it was legal :D 
> 
> 

Oh it is, but there's no equivelant one-liner for dynamic arrays.  Instead you have to:

auto var = new int[len];
var[] = 42;

Or using Cashew:

import cashew.utils.Array;
// ...
auto var = repeat(42, len);

Which is actually just a wrapper around the above example.  It'd be nice if there were some way to specify an initializor for a dynamic array's elements in place, that didn't rely on using a typedef.

typedef int _MyInt42 = 42;
auto var = cast(int[]) new _MyInt42[len];

o_O

-- Chris Nicholson-Sauls

Chris Nicholson-Sauls wrote:
> Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
>> "Deewiant" <deewiant.doesnotlike.spam@gmail.com> wrote in message news:f9rjbi$1sav$1@digitalmars.com...
>>> Ever since Issue 1268 was fixed in 1.017, you can just write:
>>>
>>> char[32] abc = 0;
>>>
>>
>> I always wished that that were possible, but never knew if it was legal :D
>>
> 
> Oh it is, but there's no equivelant one-liner for dynamic arrays.  Instead you have to:
> 
> auto var = new int[len];
> var[] = 42;
> 
> Or using Cashew:
> 
> import cashew.utils.Array;
> // ...
> auto var = repeat(42, len);
> 
> Which is actually just a wrapper around the above example.  It'd be nice if there were some way to specify an initializor for a dynamic array's elements in place, that didn't rely on using a typedef.
> 
> typedef int _MyInt42 = 42;
> auto var = cast(int[]) new _MyInt42[len];
> 
> o_O

You gonna make that cashew available via dsss net any time soon?  If not you mind if I do it?

--bb

Bill Baxter wrote:
> Chris Nicholson-Sauls wrote:
>> Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
>>> "Deewiant" <deewiant.doesnotlike.spam@gmail.com> wrote in message news:f9rjbi$1sav$1@digitalmars.com...
>>>> Ever since Issue 1268 was fixed in 1.017, you can just write:
>>>>
>>>> char[32] abc = 0;
>>>>
>>>
>>> I always wished that that were possible, but never knew if it was legal :D
>>>
>>
>> Oh it is, but there's no equivelant one-liner for dynamic arrays.  Instead you have to:
>>
>> auto var = new int[len];
>> var[] = 42;
>>
>> Or using Cashew:
>>
>> import cashew.utils.Array;
>> // ...
>> auto var = repeat(42, len);
>>
>> Which is actually just a wrapper around the above example.  It'd be nice if there were some way to specify an initializor for a dynamic array's elements in place, that didn't rely on using a typedef.
>>
>> typedef int _MyInt42 = 42;
>> auto var = cast(int[]) new _MyInt42[len];
>>
>> o_O
> 
> You gonna make that cashew available via dsss net any time soon?  If not you mind if I do it?
> 
> --bb

Well...  I admit I don't actually use DSSS myself.  (The shame, I know.)  So if you want to do so, go ahead.  I have a long list of to-do items for Cashew... should really get to work on it.  (Like adding those nifty binutils.)

-- Chris Nicholson-Sauls

Chris Nicholson-Sauls wrote:
> Bill Baxter wrote:
>> Chris Nicholson-Sauls wrote:
>>> Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
>>>> "Deewiant" <deewiant.doesnotlike.spam@gmail.com> wrote in message news:f9rjbi$1sav$1@digitalmars.com...
>>>>> Ever since Issue 1268 was fixed in 1.017, you can just write:
>>>>>
>>>>> char[32] abc = 0;
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I always wished that that were possible, but never knew if it was legal :D
>>>>
>>>
>>> Oh it is, but there's no equivelant one-liner for dynamic arrays.  Instead you have to:
>>>
>>> auto var = new int[len];
>>> var[] = 42;
>>>
>>> Or using Cashew:
>>>
>>> import cashew.utils.Array;
>>> // ...
>>> auto var = repeat(42, len);
>>>
>>> Which is actually just a wrapper around the above example.  It'd be nice if there were some way to specify an initializor for a dynamic array's elements in place, that didn't rely on using a typedef.
>>>
>>> typedef int _MyInt42 = 42;
>>> auto var = cast(int[]) new _MyInt42[len];
>>>
>>> o_O
>>
>> You gonna make that cashew available via dsss net any time soon?  If not you mind if I do it?
>>
>> --bb
> 
> Well...  I admit I don't actually use DSSS myself.  (The shame, I know.)  So if you want to do so, go ahead.  I have a long list of to-do items for Cashew... should really get to work on it.  (Like adding those nifty binutils.)
> 
> -- Chris Nicholson-Sauls


Well, I gave it a go, but cashew, seems to depend on mango.  And "dsss net install mango" is failing, so I guess I give up for now.

Here's the error:

mango\net\util\cache\model\ICache.d(15): module IMessage cannot read file 'mango\net\cluster\model\IMessage.d'

ICache.d has this:
private import mango.net.cluster.model.IMessage;

but there is no mango/net/cluster directory in the sources that dsss net is grabbing.




--bb

Chris Nicholson-Sauls Wrote:
> >> Ever since Issue 1268 was fixed in 1.017, you can just write: char[32] abc = 0;
> > I always wished that that were possible, but never knew if it was legal :D
> Oh it is, but there's no equivelant one-liner for dynamic arrays.  Instead you have to:
> 
> auto var = new int[len];
> var[] = 42;

If I cannot tell the "new int[]" expression what the initializer should be, then I would rather it not initialize at all.  In the case above, it initializes twice!