I tried writing to an associative array and got the exception:

tango.core.Exception.ArrayBoundsException@test(15): Array index out of bounds

the program below causes the exception:

module test;

import tango.io.Stdout;
import tango.io.Console;

struct S {uint i;}

int main()
{
	S[char[]] s;

	s["test"].i = 1;

	Stdout.format("Done!").flush;

	return 0;
}

But the program below works fine:

module test;

import tango.io.Stdout;
import tango.io.Console;

struct S {uint i;}

int main()
{
	S[char[]] s;

	S t;
	t.i = 1;

	s["test"] = t;

	Stdout.format("Done!").flush;

	return 0;
}

Am I supposed to be able to do both methods, or is the second the only possible way?  Some explanation would be very helpful.

Thanks for your time,
Zane

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 7:34 PM, Zane <zane.sims@gmail.com> wrote:
> I tried writing to an associative array and got the exception:
>
> tango.core.Exception.ArrayBoundsException@test(15): Array index out of bounds
>
> the program below causes the exception:
>
> module test;
>
> import tango.io.Stdout;
> import tango.io.Console;
>
> struct S {uint i;}
>
> int main()
> {
>        S[char[]] s;
>
>        s["test"].i = 1;
>
>        Stdout.format("Done!").flush;
>
>        return 0;
> }
>
> But the program below works fine:
>
> module test;
>
> import tango.io.Stdout;
> import tango.io.Console;
>
> struct S {uint i;}
>
> int main()
> {
>        S[char[]] s;
>
>        S t;
>        t.i = 1;
>
>        s["test"] = t;
>
>        Stdout.format("Done!").flush;
>
>        return 0;
> }
>
> Am I supposed to be able to do both methods, or is the second the only possible way?  Some explanation would be very helpful.

Only the second is legal.  The first is doing something like this:

auto temp = &s["test"];
temp.i = 1;

Of course, you haven't added anything to s yet, so s["test"] fails with an out-of-bounds error.

It's a little awkward, and in fact long ago, AAs used to implicitly add items when accessing undefined indices (but many people found that unintuitive and the behavior was changed to what it is now).

It's not too much work to make an AA wrapper struct which overloads opIndex[Assign] and allows you to do this, by adding key-value pairs if they don't already exist.

03.12.08 в 03:55 Jarrett Billingsley в своём письме писал(а):

> On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 7:34 PM, Zane <zane.sims@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I tried writing to an associative array and got the exception:
>>
>> tango.core.Exception.ArrayBoundsException@test(15): Array index out of bounds
>>
>> the program below causes the exception:
>>
>> module test;
>>
>> import tango.io.Stdout;
>> import tango.io.Console;
>>
>> struct S {uint i;}
>>
>> int main()
>> {
>>        S[char[]] s;
>>
>>        s["test"].i = 1;
>>
>>        Stdout.format("Done!").flush;
>>
>>        return 0;
>> }
>>
>> But the program below works fine:
>>
>> module test;
>>
>> import tango.io.Stdout;
>> import tango.io.Console;
>>
>> struct S {uint i;}
>>
>> int main()
>> {
>>        S[char[]] s;
>>
>>        S t;
>>        t.i = 1;
>>
>>        s["test"] = t;
>>
>>        Stdout.format("Done!").flush;
>>
>>        return 0;
>> }
>>
>> Am I supposed to be able to do both methods, or is the second the only possible way?  Some explanation would be very helpful.
>
> Only the second is legal.  The first is doing something like this:
>
> auto temp = &s["test"];

Correction:
auto temp = "test" in s;

> temp.i = 1;
>
> Of course, you haven't added anything to s yet, so s["test"] fails
> with an out-of-bounds error.
>
> It's a little awkward, and in fact long ago, AAs used to implicitly
> add items when accessing undefined indices (but many people found that
> unintuitive and the behavior was changed to what it is now).
>
> It's not too much work to make an AA wrapper struct which overloads
> opIndex[Assign] and allows you to do this, by adding key-value pairs
> if they don't already exist.

On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 4:36 AM, Denis Koroskin <2korden@gmail.com> wrote:
> Correction:
> auto temp = "test" in s;

'in' does not give an array bounds error.