• David L. Davis (22/22) Aug 30 2006 // WinXP SP2, D v0.165
• Walter Bright (3/4) Aug 30 2006 r = ift * -1i;
• Don Clugston (3/9) Aug 30 2006 r = ift.im;
• David L. Davis (10/19) Sep 02 2006 Don thanks for pointing that out, but it has little use in templates I'm...
• David L. Davis (12/16) Sep 02 2006 Thxs for the reply Walter. But the cast(real) used to work...why exactly...

"David L. Davis" <SpottedTiger yahoo.com> writes:

// WinXP SP2, D v0.165
// cast1.d
// Unable to explicitly cast a imaginary float to a real floating-point.
private import std.stdio;

int main()
{
    ifloat ift = 234.67fi;
    real   r  = cast(real)ift;

    writefln("ift=%gi, r=%g", ift, r);

    return 0;
}

Output:
--------
C:\dmd>dmd cast1.d
C:\dmd\bin\..\..\dm\bin\link.exe cast1,,,user32+kernel32/noi;

C:\dmd>cast1
ift=234.67i, r=0

C:\dmd>

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Walter Bright <newshound digitalmars.com> writes:

David L. Davis wrote:
 // Unable to explicitly cast a imaginary float to a real floating-point.

r = ift * -1i;

should do it.

Don Clugston <dac nospam.com.au> writes:

Walter Bright wrote:
 David L. Davis wrote:
 // Unable to explicitly cast a imaginary float to a real floating-point.

 
 r = ift * -1i;
 
 should do it.

r = ift.im;

also works.

"David L. Davis" <SpottedTiger yahoo.com> writes:

Don thanks for pointing that out, but it has little use in templates I'm 
afraid...the place where I'm having my issue at the moment.

Thanks again for the reply,
David L.

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"Don Clugston" <dac nospam.com.au> wrote in message 
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 Walter Bright wrote:
 David L. Davis wrote:
 // Unable to explicitly cast a imaginary float to a real floating-point.

 r = ift * -1i;

 should do it.

 r = ift.im;

 also works. 

"David L. Davis" <SpottedTiger yahoo.com> writes:

Thxs for the reply Walter. But the cast(real) used to work...why exactly is 
the reason this doesn't now? I know you changed the implict conversion of 
imaginary floats so they do not work for a good reason, just unsure why the 
explict cast() has changed also.

Thanks for your reply in advance.
David L.

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"Walter Bright" <newshound digitalmars.com> wrote in message 
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 David L. Davis wrote:
 // Unable to explicitly cast a imaginary float to a real floating-point.

 r = ift * -1i;

 should do it.