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digitalmars.D.bugs - base 1 bug in std.string.toString?

reply nobody <nobody mailinator.com> writes:
int main(char[][] args)
{
   dout.writeLine(toString(1uL,1u));
   assert( toString(12uL,1u).length == 12 );
}

This produces:

   1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
   Error: Assert Failure example(4)

When I think it should produce

   1
Aug 21 2006
next sibling parent Frits van Bommel <fvbommel REMwOVExCAPSs.nl> writes:
nobody wrote:
 int main(char[][] args)
 {
   dout.writeLine(toString(1uL,1u));
   assert( toString(12uL,1u).length == 12 );
 }
 
 This produces:
 
   1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
   Error: Assert Failure example(4)
 
 When I think it should produce
 
   1
From the docs: (http://www.digitalmars.com/d/phobos/std_string.html) ------ char[] toString(long value, uint radix); char[] toString(ulong value, uint radix); Convert value to string in radix radix. radix must be a value from 2 to 36. [...] ------ So you're just calling it with an invalid parameter value. Hint: 1 wouldn't be a valid digit in base 1, just like 2 isn't one in base 2, A isn't one in base 10, etc. So the only valid digit would be 0, and since extra leading zeroes are ignored, the only value that can possibly be represented in base 1 is 0 itself.
Aug 21 2006
prev sibling parent Frank Benoit <keinfarbton nospam.xyz> writes:
nobody schrieb:
 int main(char[][] args)
 {
   dout.writeLine(toString(1uL,1u));
   assert( toString(12uL,1u).length == 12 );
 }
I only want to comment that the missing return statement can also be the source of the assertion. Either void main(){ ... } or int main( char[][] args ){ ... return 0; }
Aug 21 2006