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reply Sean Kelly <sean f4.ca> writes:
Assuming I want to remove an element in an array and preserve order, 
does the D spec consider it legal to do this:

     char[] str = "abc def";
     int    pos = 3;
     str[pos .. $-1] = str[pos+1 .. $];
     str.length = str.length - 1;
     assert( memcmp( &str[0], "abcdef", str.length ) );

Or are slice copy semantics equivalent to memcpy where overlapping 
regions are not allowed?


Sean
Jul 02 2006
parent reply Oskar Linde <oskar.lindeREM OVEgmail.com> writes:
Sean Kelly wrote:
 Assuming I want to remove an element in an array and preserve order, 
 does the D spec consider it legal to do this:
 
     char[] str = "abc def";
     int    pos = 3;
     str[pos .. $-1] = str[pos+1 .. $];
     str.length = str.length - 1;
     assert( memcmp( &str[0], "abcdef", str.length ) );
 
 Or are slice copy semantics equivalent to memcpy where overlapping 
 regions are not allowed?
As far as I understand, slice copying is equivalent to memcopy and overlapping copies are illegal. According to the spec: (http://www.digitalmars.com/d/arrays.html) Under Array Copying: "" Overlapping copies are an error: s[0..2] = s[1..3]; // error, overlapping copy s[1..3] = s[0..2]; // error, overlapping copy Disallowing overlapping makes it possible for more aggressive parallel code optimizations than possible with the serial semantics of C. "" /Oskar
Jul 02 2006
parent Sean Kelly <sean f4.ca> writes:
Oskar Linde wrote:
 Sean Kelly wrote:
 Assuming I want to remove an element in an array and preserve order, 
 does the D spec consider it legal to do this:

     char[] str = "abc def";
     int    pos = 3;
     str[pos .. $-1] = str[pos+1 .. $];
     str.length = str.length - 1;
     assert( memcmp( &str[0], "abcdef", str.length ) );

 Or are slice copy semantics equivalent to memcpy where overlapping 
 regions are not allowed?
As far as I understand, slice copying is equivalent to memcopy and overlapping copies are illegal. According to the spec: (http://www.digitalmars.com/d/arrays.html) Under Array Copying: "" Overlapping copies are an error: s[0..2] = s[1..3]; // error, overlapping copy s[1..3] = s[0..2]; // error, overlapping copy Disallowing overlapping makes it possible for more aggressive parallel code optimizations than possible with the serial semantics of C.
I should have just checked the spec :-) Thanks! So I suppose memmove is probably optimal in this case? Sean
Jul 02 2006