Please help. How to convert DList!string to string array?

auto a = DList!string();
a.insertFront("123");
a.insertFront("abc");

string[] b = a[];
Array!string c = a[];

Don't work.

On 02/15/2014 05:30 PM, Denis Mezhov wrote:
> Please help. How to convert DList!string to string array?
>
> auto a = DList!string();
> a.insertFront("123");
> a.insertFront("abc");
>
> string[] b = a[];
> Array!string c = a[];
>
> Don't work.
>
>

auto b = a[].array;
Array!string c;
c.insertBack(a[]);

On Saturday, 15 February 2014 at 16:38:42 UTC, Timon Gehr wrote:
> On 02/15/2014 05:30 PM, Denis Mezhov wrote:
>> Please help. How to convert DList!string to string array?
>>
>> auto a = DList!string();
>> a.insertFront("123");
>> a.insertFront("abc");
>>
>> string[] b = a[];
>> Array!string c = a[];
>>
>> Don't work.
>>
>>
>
> auto b = a[].array;
> Array!string c;
> c.insertBack(a[]);

It works! Thanks for the quick reply.

On Saturday, 15 February 2014 at 16:38:42 UTC, Timon Gehr wrote:
> On 02/15/2014 05:30 PM, Denis Mezhov wrote:
>> Please help. How to convert DList!string to string array?
>>
>> auto a = DList!string();
>> a.insertFront("123");
>> a.insertFront("abc");
>>
>> string[] b = a[];
>> Array!string c = a[];
>>
>> Don't work.
>>
>>
>
> auto b = a[].array;
> Array!string c;
> c.insertBack(a[]);

You can construct containers from ranges directly:

auto c = Array!string(a[]);

On 02/15/2014 06:11 PM, Jakob Ovrum wrote:
> ...
>
> You can construct containers from ranges directly:
>
> auto c = Array!string(a[]);

This seems obvious, but it is not actually true.

On Saturday, 15 February 2014 at 18:14:00 UTC, Timon Gehr wrote:
> On 02/15/2014 06:11 PM, Jakob Ovrum wrote:
>> ...
>>
>> You can construct containers from ranges directly:
>>
>> auto c = Array!string(a[]);
>
> This seems obvious, but it is not actually true.

It is a defined container primitive. The first one in the table, in fact.

On Saturday, 15 February 2014 at 16:38:42 UTC, Timon Gehr wrote:
> On 02/15/2014 05:30 PM, Denis Mezhov wrote:
>> Please help. How to convert DList!string to string array?
>>
>> auto a = DList!string();
>> a.insertFront("123");
>> a.insertFront("abc");
>>
>> string[] b = a[];
>> Array!string c = a[];
>>
>> Don't work.
>>
>>
>
> auto b = a[].array;
> Array!string c;
> c.insertBack(a[]);

I just wanted to point out:

    auto b = a[].array;

That is unrelated to c, which is a conversion to Array, while this is a conversion to an array.

On 02/15/2014 07:23 PM, Jakob Ovrum wrote:
> On Saturday, 15 February 2014 at 18:14:00 UTC, Timon Gehr wrote:
>> On 02/15/2014 06:11 PM, Jakob Ovrum wrote:
>>> ...
>>>
>>> You can construct containers from ranges directly:
>>>
>>> auto c = Array!string(a[]);
>>
>> This seems obvious, but it is not actually true.
>
> It is a defined container primitive. The first one in the table, in fact.

Array does not implement this primitive.
http://dpaste.dzfl.pl/a8cb1064bd08

On Saturday, 15 February 2014 at 18:30:39 UTC, Timon Gehr wrote:
> On 02/15/2014 07:23 PM, Jakob Ovrum wrote:
>> On Saturday, 15 February 2014 at 18:14:00 UTC, Timon Gehr wrote:
>>> On 02/15/2014 06:11 PM, Jakob Ovrum wrote:
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> You can construct containers from ranges directly:
>>>>
>>>> auto c = Array!string(a[]);
>>>
>>> This seems obvious, but it is not actually true.
>>
>> It is a defined container primitive. The first one in the table, in fact.
>
> Array does not implement this primitive.
> http://dpaste.dzfl.pl/a8cb1064bd08

That seems gratuitous. If there's no particular reason it doesn't implement it, I would consider it a bug. It is arguably the most basic container primitive.