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reply anonymous <anon notdigitalmars.com> writes:
I downloaded DMD 2.049, which is the latest version available. I tried
to write a program using std.thread (incorrectly documented to exist at
http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/phobos/std_thread.html), only to find
that "module thread is in file 'std\thread.d' which cannot be read".

Further investigation revealed that the distribution of Phobos
included in DMD 2.049 HAS NO FILE NAMED THREAD.D!

After more investigation (which revealed that D 1.0 has "std.thread"),
I noticed that the link to "std.thread" on the Digital Mars web site had
the heading "core.thread", and fixed my program. It would have saved
me a lot of trouble if the link was also named "core.thread", instead
of having the misleading title (and URL) that suggests that the module's
name is "std.thread".

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Oct 01 2010
parent reply Jonathan M Davis <jmdavisProg gmx.com> writes:
On Friday 01 October 2010 22:53:28 anonymous wrote:

 I downloaded DMD 2.049, which is the latest version available. I tried
 to write a program using std.thread (incorrectly documented to exist at
 http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/phobos/std_thread.html), only to find
 that "module thread is in file 'std\thread.d' which cannot be read".
 
 Further investigation revealed that the distribution of Phobos
 included in DMD 2.049 HAS NO FILE NAMED THREAD.D!
 
 After more investigation (which revealed that D 1.0 has "std.thread"),
 I noticed that the link to "std.thread" on the Digital Mars web site had
 the heading "core.thread", and fixed my program. It would have saved
 me a lot of trouble if the link was also named "core.thread", instead
 of having the misleading title (and URL) that suggests that the module's
 name is "std.thread".


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- Jonathan M Davis
Oct 01 2010
parent reply anonymous <anonymous notdigitalmars.com> writes:
On 2010-10-02, Jonathan M Davis <jmdavisProg gmx.com> wrote:

 bug reports. To actually report bugs, go here: 
 http://d.puremagic.com/issues/enter_bug.cgi

 - Jonathan M Davis


Holy shit, not _another_ Bugzilla account.
Oct 02 2010
parent reply Jonathan M Davis <jmdavisProg gmx.com> writes:
On Saturday 02 October 2010 14:20:12 anonymous wrote:

 On 2010-10-02, Jonathan M Davis <jmdavisProg gmx.com> wrote:

 bug reports. To actually report bugs, go here:
 http://d.puremagic.com/issues/enter_bug.cgi
 
 - Jonathan M Davis


 
 Holy shit, not _another_ Bugzilla account.


LOL. There do seem to be a lot of them, don't they. But then again, unless 
you're dealing with some place like sourceforge, odds are that a project's bug 
database (bugzilla or otherwise) will be just for it, and so you'll need an 
account specific to it. Such is the nature of the beast, I suppose. It can sure 
lead to a lot of accounts though if you report many bugs.

- Jonathan M Davis
Oct 02 2010
parent Leandro Lucarella <luca llucax.com.ar> writes:
Jonathan M Davis, el  2 de octubre a las 16:04 me escribiste:

 On Saturday 02 October 2010 14:20:12 anonymous wrote:

 On 2010-10-02, Jonathan M Davis <jmdavisProg gmx.com> wrote:

 bug reports. To actually report bugs, go here:
 http://d.puremagic.com/issues/enter_bug.cgi
 
 - Jonathan M Davis


 
 Holy shit, not _another_ Bugzilla account.


 
 LOL. There do seem to be a lot of them, don't they. But then again, unless 
 you're dealing with some place like sourceforge, odds are that a project's bug 
 database (bugzilla or otherwise) will be just for it, and so you'll need an 
 account specific to it. Such is the nature of the beast, I suppose. It can
sure 
 lead to a lot of accounts though if you report many bugs.


Unless the bug-tracker let you report bugs without having an account,
which is the only sensible thing to do! I really don't get compulsory
registration, it makes no sense (spam is the only reason I could think
of but there are captchas these days).

That's why I looooove Bugmenot: http://www.bugmenot.com/. The problem is
f*cking Bugzilla don't let you subscribe to a bug with an e-mail that is
not registered -.-, but if you want to see all bugs notifications, you
can use this list for that.

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