I'm not sure if this is a bug or even a legal assignment, but the following causes an internal error:

import std.file;

void main()
{
char[] curdir;
curdir[0..(getcwd().length-1)] ~= getcwd(); // not sure if this is allowed?
}

Compiling with v0.101 on Windows 2000 with flags -inline -O gives:

Internal error: ..\ztc\cod2.c 4207

I just started using D and am a bit rusty with the old c/c++ skills, let alone knowing how to do things proper in D, but I'm quite excited to learn... :)  I have been following the NG for a while now and let me say, Walter, fantastic language!  I've learned so much (just about programming and language design in general) from everyone who posts; I was quite happy just reading, but I've decided to join the fray. :P

Looking forward to sharpening my D skills and letting some others get a bit
rustier! (not by avoidance of course, just ramping up the D usage) :)

-Kramer

Kramer wrote:
> I'm not sure if this is a bug or even a legal assignment, but the following causes an internal error:

Every internal error is a bug.  Or, at least, every internal error that's reproducible.

<snip>
> curdir[0..(getcwd().length-1)] ~= getcwd(); // not sure if this is allowed?
<snip>

What were you expecting it to do?

Stewart.

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> void main()
> {
> char[] curdir;
> curdir[0..(getcwd().length-1)] ~= getcwd(); // not sure if this is
> allowed?
> }

This isn't quite on-topic but when I last tried std.file.getcwd it returned a string with a superfluous space at the end. I guess this is why you're trying to create a sliced string. I suggest this

    getcwd[0 .. length - 1]

In article <ch6prk$738$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Stewart Gordon says...
><snip>
>> curdir[0..(getcwd().length-1)] ~= getcwd(); // not sure if this is allowed?
><snip>
>
>What were you expecting it to do?

It seems that getcwd() has a an extra character in the string in returns.  I can't tell what it is, but I was trying to remove it.  As for the assignment, I didn't know if I needed to size the array first or if I could attempt the above, so I just went for it.

Debug question: How would I find out what that character is using a printf type debug technique.  (I've never used gdb or similar debuggers in windows/unix before).  Thanks for the help!

-Kramer

>
>Stewart.
>
>-- 
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In article <ch6qch$77n$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Bent Rasmussen says...
>
>> void main()
>> {
>> char[] curdir;
>> curdir[0..(getcwd().length-1)] ~= getcwd(); // not sure if this is
>> allowed?
>> }
>
>This isn't quite on-topic but when I last tried std.file.getcwd it returned a string with a superfluous space at the end. I guess this is why you're trying to create a sliced string. I suggest this
>
>    getcwd[0 .. length - 1]

Yup, that's spot on what I was attempting.  Thanks for the tip.

-Kramer

On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 16:35:49 +0000 (UTC), Kramer <Kramer_member@pathlink.com> wrote:
> In article <ch6qch$77n$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Bent Rasmussen says...
>>
>>> void main()
>>> {
>>> char[] curdir;
>>> curdir[0..(getcwd().length-1)] ~= getcwd(); // not sure if this is
>>> allowed?
>>> }
>>
>> This isn't quite on-topic but when I last tried std.file.getcwd it returned
>> a string with a superfluous space at the end. I guess this is why you're
>> trying to create a sliced string. I suggest this
>>
>>    getcwd[0 .. length - 1]
>
> Yup, that's spot on what I was attempting.  Thanks for the tip.

So the corrected code is simply:

char[] curdir;
curdir ~= getcwd()[0 .. length -1];

or:

char[] curdir;
curdir = getcwd()[0 .. length -1];

or:

char[] curdir;
curdir = getcwd();
curdir.length = curdir.length - 1;

Regan

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