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digitalmars.D.bugs - [Issue 12467] New: Regression (2.066 git-head): char[] is implicitly convertible to string

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           Summary: Regression (2.066 git-head): char[] is implicitly
                    convertible to string
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: regression
          Priority: P2
         Component: DMD
        AssignedTo: nobody puremagic.com
        ReportedBy: andrej.mitrovich gmail.com



18:20:51 CET ---
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string dupit(ref char[3] array)
{
    return array[];
}

void main()
{
    char[3] arr = "foo";
    string str = arr.dupit;
    assert(str.ptr !is arr.ptr);  // oops
}
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DMD 2.065:
$ dmd test.d
 Error: cannot implicitly convert expression (array[]) of type char[] to string
DMD 2.066 git-head: $ dmd test.d
 core.exception.AssertError test(12): Assertion failure
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18:21:49 CET ---
This regression makes the following code print garbage because of the way
stack-tracing works:

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string dupit(ref char[3] array)
{
    return array[];
}

void main()
{
    char[3] arr = "foo";
    string str = arr.dupit;
    assert(0, str);  // prints garbage
}
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Vladimir Panteleev <thecybershadow gmail.com> changed:

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19:28:39 EET ---
Introduced in https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dmd/pull/3336

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