// charsuffix.d
// WinXP SP2 / dmd v0.132
private import std.stdio;

void test(in char[] s)
{
writefln("bool test(in char[] s)");
}

void test(...)
{
writefln("bool test(...)");
}

int main()
{
test("string");             // Calls void test(in char[] s)
test(128U);                 // Calls void test(...)
test(cast(char[])"string"); // Calls void test(in char[] s)

/*
* charsuffix.d(29): function charsuffix.test called with argument types:
*   (char[6])
* matches both:
*   charsuffix.test(char[])
* and:
*   charsuffix.test(...)
*/
//test("string"c);
return 0;
}

It appears that a casted string literal is handed differently then a string literal using the new string suffixes, shouldn't these work exact same way?

David L.

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David L. Davis schrieb:

> // charsuffix.d
> // WinXP SP2 / dmd v0.132
> private import std.stdio;
> 
> void test(in char[] s)
> {
> writefln("bool test(in char[] s)");
> }
> 
> void test(...)
> {
> writefln("bool test(...)");
> }
> 
> int main()
> {
> test("string");             // Calls void test(in char[] s)
> test(128U);                 // Calls void test(...)
> test(cast(char[])"string"); // Calls void test(in char[] s)
> 
> /*
> * charsuffix.d(29): function charsuffix.test called with argument types:
> *   (char[6])
> * matches both:
> *   charsuffix.test(char[])
> * and:
> *   charsuffix.test(...)
> */
> //test("string"c);
> return 0;
> }
> 
> It appears that a casted string literal is handed differently then a string literal using the new string suffixes, shouldn't these work exact same way?
> 
> David L.

Added to DStress as http://dstress.kuehne.cn/run/v/variadic_argument_07_A.d http://dstress.kuehne.cn/run/v/variadic_argument_07_B.d http://dstress.kuehne.cn/run/v/variadic_argument_07_C.d http://dstress.kuehne.cn/run/v/variadic_argument_07_D.d

Thomas