Manfred Nowak <svv1999 hotmail.com> writes:

<code>
void main()
{
  bit bi;
  byte by;

  by=bi;
}
</code>

This is generated in the coding phase.

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J Anderson <REMOVEanderson badmama.com.au> writes:

Manfred Nowak wrote:

<code>
void main()
{
  bit bi;
  byte by;

  by=bi;
}
</code>

This is generated in the coding phase.

So long.
  

This is by-design.  I would like the possibility to convert an array of 
bits to an array of bytes but the above code probably doesn't make much 
sense.

BTW:
You can always go:

  by=(bi)?1:0;

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J C Calvarese <jcc7 cox.net> writes:

J Anderson wrote:
 Manfred Nowak wrote:
 
 <code>
 void main()
 {
  bit bi;
  byte by;

  by=bi;
 }
 </code>

 This is generated in the coding phase.

 So long.
  

 This is by-design.  I would like the possibility to convert an array of 
 bits to an array of bytes but the above code probably doesn't make much 
 sense.
 
 BTW:
 You can always go:
 
  by=(bi)?1:0;
 

This probably a dumb question, but does anyone know what does e2ir mean?

Since the error message includes a line number and a description, I 
can't complain, but I am curious what "e2ir" means.


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Manfred Nowak <svv1999 hotmail.com> writes:

J Anderson wrote:

 This is by-design.

[...]

Where to find that in the docs?

I only found:
| Usual Arithmetic Conversions
[...]
| 5. Else the integer promotions are done on each operand, followed by: 
|    1. If both are the same type, no more conversions are done. 
|    2. If both are signed or both are unsigned, the smaller type is
|       converted to the larger. 
|    3. If the signed type is larger than the unsigned type, the
|       unsigned type is converted to the signed type. 


Consequently dmd is able to convert bit to anything else than byte. The 
following code compiles(!):
<code>
void main(){
  bit bi=true;
  
  ubyte r0=bi;
  short r1=bi;
  ushort r2=bi;
  int r3=bi;
  uint r4=bi;
  long r5=bi;
  ulong r6=bi;
  float r7=bi;
  double r8=bi;
  real r9=bi;

  char r10=bi;
  dchar r11=bi;
  wchar r12=bi;
}
</code>

[...]
| the above code probably doesn't make much sense.

It is stripped off code, as required by walter. :-)


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