http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=5199

           Summary: null implicitly converts to any other type on array
                    assignment
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Windows
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: accepts-invalid, diagnostic
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: DMD
        AssignedTo: nobody@puremagic.com
        ReportedBy: dsimcha@yahoo.com


--- Comment #0 from David Simcha <dsimcha@yahoo.com> 2010-11-10 12:06:42 PST ---
The following code compiles and shouldn't:

struct Foo {
    double num;
}

void main() {
    Foo[] foo = new Foo[5];
    foo[] = null;
}

It then fails at runtime with the following nonsensical error message:

object.Exception: lengths don't match for array copy

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bearophile_hugs@eml.cc changed:

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--- Comment #1 from bearophile_hugs@eml.cc 2010-11-10 12:15:53 PST ---
It's an example of bug 3889

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Walter Bright <bugzilla@digitalmars.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
                 CC|                            |bugzilla@digitalmars.com
         Resolution|                            |INVALID


--- Comment #2 from Walter Bright <bugzilla@digitalmars.com> 2010-11-16 20:13:51 PST ---
null is a valid value for a slice, and the rvalue of the assignment is expected to be a slice. It's a slice with 0 length (which is still a valid slice), and for slice assignment to work the length of the lvalue must match the length of the rvalue. The message is correct - the lengths don't match.

This is working as designed.

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--- Comment #3 from Walter Bright <bugzilla@digitalmars.com> 2010-11-16 20:16:35 PST ---
Bearophile is correct that this is a duplicate of bug 3889, which is an enhancement request.

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--- Comment #4 from Sobirari Muhomori <dfj1esp02@sneakemail.com> 2010-11-16 21:34:06 PST ---
I'd rather say it's a dup of bug 3395.

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--- Comment #5 from Sobirari Muhomori <dfj1esp02@sneakemail.com> 2010-11-16 21:39:09 PST ---
Disambiguation will make it hard to copy empty slices... well... such operation is not needed too much either.
---
foo[]=(cast(Foo[])null)[]; //copy null slice
foo[]=null; //should not typecheck, expected foo[]=Foo(...);
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