• Kris (4/4) Jul 04 2004 I thought this the appropriate incantation, but it produces an Access
• Walter (3/7) Jul 05 2004 Put an & in front of myCharArray.
• Kris (6/17) Jul 05 2004 Thank you Walter;
• Stewart Gordon (9/13) Jul 06 2004 And I would've thought this the appropriate incantation:

"Kris" <someidiot earthlink.dot.dot.dot.net> writes:

I thought this the appropriate incantation, but it produces an Access
Violation:

    uint hash = typeid(char[]).getHash (myCharArray);

- Kris

"Walter" <newshound digitalmars.com> writes:

Put an & in front of myCharArray.

"Kris" <someidiot earthlink.dot.dot.dot.net> wrote in message
news:ccaj0b$7eh$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 I thought this the appropriate incantation, but it produces an Access
 Violation:

     uint hash = typeid(char[]).getHash (myCharArray);

 - Kris

"Kris" <someidiot earthlink.dot.dot.dot.net> writes:

Thank you Walter;

It's non-intuitive, and contrary to typical array=>void * conversion
mechanics. But it does work, and that's good enough for me right now <g>

- Kris

"Walter" <newshound digitalmars.com> wrote in message
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 Put an & in front of myCharArray.

 "Kris" <someidiot earthlink.dot.dot.dot.net> wrote in message
 news:ccaj0b$7eh$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 I thought this the appropriate incantation, but it produces an Access
 Violation:

     uint hash = typeid(char[]).getHash (myCharArray);

 - Kris

Stewart Gordon <smjg_1998 yahoo.com> writes:

Kris wrote:

 I thought this the appropriate incantation, but it produces an Access
 Violation:
 
     uint hash = typeid(char[]).getHash (myCharArray);

And I would've thought this the appropriate incantation:

     uint hash = myCharArray.toHash;

Objects have the toHash property, why not arrays and atomic types?

Stewart.

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