We found out that while compiling qtd with dmd 1.038 and newer compiler hangs. ldc is also affected by this issue. which means that this is frontend bug. testcase is big of course. What are the possible options to solve this issue?

On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 7:45 AM, Eldar Insafutdinov <e.insafutdinov@gmail.com> wrote:
> We found out that while compiling qtd with dmd 1.038 and newer compiler hangs. ldc is also affected by this issue. which means that this is frontend bug. testcase is big of course. What are the possible options to solve this issue?
>

I think Walter has figured this one out.  My code was hanging too, and I gave him some info off list that seemed to lead him to a resolution.

--bb

On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 08:04:12 +0900, Bill Baxter wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 7:45 AM, Eldar Insafutdinov <e.insafutdinov@gmail.com> wrote:
>> We found out that while compiling qtd with dmd 1.038 and newer compiler hangs. ldc is also affected by this issue. which means that this is frontend bug. testcase is big of course. What are the possible options to solve this issue?
>>
>>
> I think Walter has figured this one out.  My code was hanging too, and I gave him some info off list that seemed to lead him to a resolution.
> 
> --bb

Do you happen to know what bug report that is?

On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Moritz Warning <moritzwarning@web.de> wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 08:04:12 +0900, Bill Baxter wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 7:45 AM, Eldar Insafutdinov <e.insafutdinov@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> We found out that while compiling qtd with dmd 1.038 and newer compiler hangs. ldc is also affected by this issue. which means that this is frontend bug. testcase is big of course. What are the possible options to solve this issue?
>>>
>>>
>> I think Walter has figured this one out.  My code was hanging too, and I gave him some info off list that seemed to lead him to a resolution.
>>
>> --bb
>
> Do you happen to know what bug report that is?
>

It was the one about compiling taking a long time that he was looking
into, but it turned out that for my app it wasn't just taking a long
time, it was getting stuck in an infinite loop.
http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2582
--bb

On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 10:26:04 +0900, Bill Baxter wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Moritz Warning <moritzwarning@web.de> wrote:
>> On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 08:04:12 +0900, Bill Baxter wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 7:45 AM, Eldar Insafutdinov <e.insafutdinov@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> We found out that while compiling qtd with dmd 1.038 and newer compiler hangs. ldc is also affected by this issue. which means that this is frontend bug. testcase is big of course. What are the possible options to solve this issue?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I think Walter has figured this one out.  My code was hanging too, and I gave him some info off list that seemed to lead him to a resolution.
>>>
>>> --bb
>>
>> Do you happen to know what bug report that is?
>>
>>
> It was the one about compiling taking a long time that he was looking into, but it turned out that for my app it wasn't just taking a long time, it was getting stuck in an infinite loop. http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2582 --bb

Thanks.
I've added some info.

Bill Baxter wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Moritz Warning <moritzwarning@web.de> wrote:
>> On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 08:04:12 +0900, Bill Baxter wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 7:45 AM, Eldar Insafutdinov
>>> <e.insafutdinov@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> We found out that while compiling qtd with dmd 1.038 and newer compiler
>>>> hangs. ldc is also affected by this issue. which means that this is
>>>> frontend bug. testcase is big of course. What are the possible options
>>>> to solve this issue?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I think Walter has figured this one out.  My code was hanging too, and I
>>> gave him some info off list that seemed to lead him to a resolution.
>>>
>>> --bb
>> Do you happen to know what bug report that is?
>>
> 
> It was the one about compiling taking a long time that he was looking
> into, but it turned out that for my app it wasn't just taking a long
> time, it was getting stuck in an infinite loop.
> http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2582
> --bb

So the bug will likely be fixed in the next version of dmd? I'm really glad to hear this!