Thread overview
allocate hash table manually
Sep 05, 2006
Mildred
Sep 05, 2006
Johan Granberg
Sep 06, 2006
Mildred
September 05, 2006
Hi,

I'm a new user od D language but immediately, I felt that was the
language I always looking for. So I'm very happy to use it.
I'm trying to convert my recent project to C (using a garbage collector
as library) to D. It's a script language with a lisp syntax.

My question is how do I use new to allocate a hash table. My code is as follows :

class Value {
	...
	protected Value[char[]] _environment = null;
	...
	public void env_make(Stack S){
		_environment = new Value[char[]];
	}
	...
}

But the compiler says : need size of rightmost array, not type char[]

My problem is that I want some Value objects to have an environment,
and I want others objects without environment (so I use null).
How can I do that ?

Thanks
Mildred

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September 05, 2006
Mildred wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm a new user od D language but immediately, I felt that was the
> language I always looking for. So I'm very happy to use it.
> I'm trying to convert my recent project to C (using a garbage collector
> as library) to D. It's a script language with a lisp syntax.
> 
> My question is how do I use new to allocate a hash table. My code is as
> follows :
> 
> class Value {
> 	...
> 	protected Value[char[]] _environment = null;
> 	...
> 	public void env_make(Stack S){
> 		_environment = new Value[char[]];
> 	}
> 	...
> }
> 
> But the compiler says : need size of rightmost array, not type char[]
> 
> My problem is that I want some Value objects to have an environment,
> and I want others objects without environment (so I use null).
> How can I do that ?
> 
> Thanks
> Mildred
> 

I think this is what I have used.

class Value {
	...
	protected Value[char[]] _environment = null;
	...
	public void env_make(Stack S){
		Value[char[]] e;
		_environment = e;
	}
	...
}
September 06, 2006
Le mar 05/09/2006 __ 20:01 Johan Granberg __ __crit:
> I think this is what I have used.
> 
> class Value {
> 	...
> 	protected Value[char[]] _environment = null;
> 	...
> 	public void env_make(Stack S){
> 		Value[char[]] e;
> 		_environment = e;
> 	}
> 	...
> }

Thanks, that helps me.

Isn't there a solution with the new keyword, it is the normal way to allocate on the heap, no ?

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September 06, 2006
Mildred wrote:
> Le mar 05/09/2006 __ 20:01 Johan Granberg __ __crit:
>> I think this is what I have used.
>>
>> class Value {
>> 	...
>> 	protected Value[char[]] _environment = null;
>> 	...
>> 	public void env_make(Stack S){
>> 		Value[char[]] e;
>> 		_environment = e;
>> 	}
>> 	...
>> }
> 
> Thanks, that helps me.
> 
> Isn't there a solution with the new keyword, it is the normal way to allocate on the heap, no ?

An empty hash is already "null" by default. Basically you're doing something stupid here - see this example:

template Hash(K,V) {
        V[K] Hash() {
                V[K] tmp;
                return tmp;
        }
}

void main() {
        int[int] a;
        assert(a is null);
        a[1] = 1;
        assert(a !is null);
        a = Hash!(int, int);
        assert(a is null);
        a[1] = 1;
        assert(a !is null);
        a = Hash!(int, int);
        assert(a is null);
}

The compiler indicates a hash is empty by returning a null. Here Hash! creates an empty hash and returns it - hash array literals can be implemented in the same fashion.
September 06, 2006
Jari-Matti Mäkelä wrote:
> An empty hash is already "null" by default. Basically you're doing something stupid here
<snip>

Sorry, I was a bit rude. I always rely on the implicit initialization a bit too much. I hope the Hash-template will give the functionality you were looking for.
September 06, 2006
Jari-Matti Mäkelä wrote:
> main() {
>         int[int] a;
>         assert(a is null);
>         a[1] = 1;
>         assert(a !is null);
>         a = Hash!(int, int);
>         assert(a is null);
>         a[1] = 1;
>         assert(a !is null);
>         a = Hash!(int, int);
>         assert(a is null);
> }

Dammit, here's an optimized version (stupid me):

> void main() {
>         int[int] a;
>         assert(a is null);
>         a[1] = 1;
>         assert(a !is null);
>         a = null;	// "creates" a new hash
>         assert(a is null);
>         a[1] = 1;
>         assert(a !is null);
>         a = null;	// "creates" yet another new hash
>         assert(a is null);
> }