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digitalmars.D.bugs - [Issue 8851] New: std.string.join should allow 'char' as joiner

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           Summary: std.string.join should allow 'char' as joiner
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: Phobos
        AssignedTo: nobody puremagic.com
        ReportedBy: andrej.mitrovich gmail.com



15:26:25 PDT ---
import std.string;

void main()
{
    char sep = '|';
    string z = ["foo", "bar"].join(sep);
}

test.d(7): Error: template std.array.join does not match any function template
declaration
D:\DMD\dmd2\windows\bin\..\..\src\phobos\std\array.d(1273): Error: template
std.array.join cannot deduce template function from argument types
!()(string[],char)

Well apparently it's std.array.join, but nevertheless it should work.

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Jonathan M Davis <jmdavisProg gmx.com> changed:

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PDT ---
I expect that this stems from the stupidity of character literals defaulting to
char rather than dchar, and when you couple that with the fact that templates
always use the _exact_ type of what you give them, it's going to try and
instantiate join with a separator of char, which doesn't work with ranges of
dchar. I'm not sure how you'd go about fixing that.

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 I expect that this stems from the stupidity of character literals defaulting to
 char rather than dchar, and when you couple that with the fact that templates
 always use the _exact_ type of what you give them, it's going to try and
 instantiate join with a separator of char, which doesn't work with ranges of
 dchar. I'm not sure how you'd go about fixing that.


I investigated, and that's not it.

It's *just* that std.array.join, like std.algorithm.joiner, expects the
separator to be a range.

The enhancement request here would be for both "std.array.join"
std.algorithm.joiner" to accept a single element as a separator.

In the meantime, of course, a simple workaround is to just "join([sep])".

I think this needlessly allocates a 1 element array though, no?

--------
On a side note, the current restrictions in join are overly restrictive,
requiring an exact match, making this illegal:

   int[] sep = [1];
   double[] z = [[0.1], [0.2]].join(sep);

When it is perfectly supported: joiner supports it.

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 I expect that this stems from the stupidity of character literals defaulting to
 char rather than dchar, and when you couple that with the fact that templates
 always use the _exact_ type of what you give them, it's going to try and
 instantiate join with a separator of char, which doesn't work with ranges of
 dchar. I'm not sure how you'd go about fixing that.


I investigated, and that's not it.

It's *just* that std.array.join, like std.algorithm.joiner, expects the
separator to be a range.

The enhancement request here would be for both "std.array.join"
std.algorithm.joiner" to accept a single element as a separator.

In the meantime, of course, a simple workaround is to just "join([sep])".

I think this needlessly allocates a 1 element array though, no?

--------
On a side note, the current restrictions in join are overly restrictive,
requiring an *exact* ElementType match, making this illegal:

   int[] sep = [1];
   double[] z = [[0.1], [0.2]].join(sep);

The implementation actually perfectly supports it. As a matter of fact, joiner
supports it. I'll see into relaxing the restraints for now, and taking the
opportunity to investigate using an element as a separator.

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monarchdodra gmail.com changed:

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 I expect that this stems from the stupidity of character literals defaulting to
 char rather than dchar, and when you couple that with the fact that templates
 always use the _exact_ type of what you give them, it's going to try and
 instantiate join with a separator of char, which doesn't work with ranges of
 dchar. I'm not sure how you'd go about fixing that.


 
 I investigated, and that's not it.
 
 It's *just* that std.array.join, like std.algorithm.joiner, expects the
 separator to be a range.
 
 The enhancement request here would be for both "std.array.join"
 std.algorithm.joiner" to accept a single element as a separator.
 
 In the meantime, of course, a simple workaround is to just "join([sep])".
 
 I think this needlessly allocates a 1 element array though, no?
 
 --------
 On a side note, the current restrictions in join are overly restrictive,
 requiring an *exact* ElementType match, making this illegal:
 
    int[] sep = [1];
    double[] z = [[0.1], [0.2]].join(sep);
 
 The implementation actually perfectly supports it. As a matter of fact, joiner
 supports it. I'll see into relaxing the restraints for now, and taking the
 opportunity to investigate using an element as a separator.


That was fast actually. Both the fix and the enhancement are trivially trivial.
I believe in the change, so I'm assigning to self.

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15:26:11 PDT ---


 I believe in the change, so I'm assigning to self.


Is this part of any open pulls you've made?

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 I believe in the change, so I'm assigning to self.


 
 Is this part of any open pulls you've made?


Turns out I *completely* forgot about this.

If you want to do anything regarding this pull, please go right on ahead. Seems
code gets into Phobos faster when I review rather than write ^^

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PDT ---
better yet, accept dchar

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 better yet, accept dchar


Well, it's just a public import of std.array.join, so it should really just
accept "(R, E)" and "(R, R)".

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See also Issue 5542 that is different but related.

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