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[Issue 7912] New: Cannot read compile variable at compile time
Apr 14, 2012
Jan
[Issue 7912] Cannot read compile time variable at compile time
Apr 15, 2012
Matt Peterson
Apr 15, 2012
Matt Peterson
Apr 21, 2012
SomeDude
Apr 23, 2012
Don
April 14, 2012
http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=7912

           Summary: Cannot read compile variable at compile time
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Platform: x86
        OS/Version: Windows
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: DMD
        AssignedTo: nobody@puremagic.com
        ReportedBy: jazeik@gmail.com


--- Comment #0 from Jan <jazeik@gmail.com> 2012-04-14 13:53:23 PDT ---
tst.d
----------------------------

import std.stdio;
import std.conv;

mixin template TTT()
{
    static const uint tst;
    static this()
    {
        tst = 0;
    }
}

class T
{
    mixin TTT;
}

void main()
{
    auto n = 0;
    switch(n)
    {
        case T.tst:
            writeln("T.tst: ", T.tst);
            break;
        default:
            writeln("default: ", n);
            break;
    }
}
----------------------------
Run with:
> dmd -run tst.d

=============================
result:
> tst.d(23): Error: variable tst cannot be read at compile time
> tst.d(23): Error: variable tst cannot be read at compile time
> tst.d(23): Error: case must be a string or an integral constant, not cast(int)tst

=============================
Expected result:

> T.tst: 0

=============================
Additional Information:

Replace "switch(n)" with "switch(n | (T.tst))" to get expected result.

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Matt Peterson <revcompgeek@gmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Matt Peterson <revcompgeek@gmail.com> 2012-04-14 21:01:59 PDT ---
tst is not a compile time variable, it is a runtime variable. This issue is invalid.

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--- Comment #2 from Matt Peterson <revcompgeek@gmail.com> 2012-04-14 21:09:04 PDT ---
Jan: If you want tst to be compile time, use enum instead of const, and just do "enum uint tst = 0;" or even "enum tst = 0;". The module constructor (static this() {...}) is called at runtime, and can do a variety of things, including getting input from the console and other things that the compiler can't evaluate at compile time. Since you didn't give a value at the declaration of tst, D requires you to set it in the module constructor as you have done, but it's not a value that can be read at compile time. I believe if you were to have done "static const uint tst = 0;" instead, it would have worked, but using enum instead is a good way to force a variable to be compile time evaluated.

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SomeDude <lovelydear@mailmetrash.com> changed:

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--- Comment #3 from SomeDude <lovelydear@mailmetrash.com> 2012-04-21 11:57:38 PDT ---
Invalid issue ?

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Don <clugdbug@yahoo.com.au> changed:

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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
                 CC|                            |clugdbug@yahoo.com.au
         Resolution|                            |INVALID


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