• Vathix (21/21) May 20 2005 int main()
• Ben Hinkle (5/26) May 20 2005 It is true the documentation says ~ always dups even if one of the input...

Vathix <vathix dprogramming.com> writes:

int main()
{
    Object[] array = null;

    void dofirst()
    {
       Object o1 = new Exception("first");
       //array = (&o1)[0 .. 1] ~ array; // Causes Access Violation when  
using toString() on the array...
       array = (&o1)[0 .. 1].dup ~ array; // Works.
    }

    dofirst();
    Object o2 = new Exception("second");
    array ~= o2;

    printf("array[0] = %.*s; array[1] = %.*s;", array[0].toString(),  
array[1].toString()); // ...here

    return 0;
}


Shouldn't ~ create a safe new heap array even if its operands are local? I  
had to put that first one in the nested function so it could screw with  
the stack I guess. This is a dumbed down example of something much larger  
in my code that heavily (in many areas) relies on ~ copying.

"Ben Hinkle" <bhinkle mathworks.com> writes:

"Vathix" <vathix dprogramming.com> wrote in message 
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 int main()
 {
    Object[] array = null;

    void dofirst()
    {
       Object o1 = new Exception("first");
       //array = (&o1)[0 .. 1] ~ array; // Causes Access Violation when 
 using toString() on the array...
       array = (&o1)[0 .. 1].dup ~ array; // Works.
    }

    dofirst();
    Object o2 = new Exception("second");
    array ~= o2;

    printf("array[0] = %.*s; array[1] = %.*s;", array[0].toString(), 
 array[1].toString()); // ...here

    return 0;
 }


 Shouldn't ~ create a safe new heap array even if its operands are local? I 
 had to put that first one in the nested function so it could screw with 
 the stack I guess. This is a dumbed down example of something much larger 
 in my code that heavily (in many areas) relies on ~ copying.

It is true the documentation says ~ always dups even if one of the inputs is 
empty. It looks like in practice it does not dup if one of the inputs is 
empty. Either the doc is out of date or ~ needs a fix.