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reply Pillsy <pillsbury gmail.com> writes:
I have the following program on Mac OS X 10.6.3 running dmd version 2.043:

$ cat if.d
import std.stdio;

void main (string [] args)
{
  foreach(arg; args)
    writeln(arg);

  auto vec = new double[10];

  foreach(i, ref x; vec) { x = cast(double) i; }

  if (args.length > 1 && args[1] == "bar") { vec[] *= 0.5; }
}

This program compiles with no warnings. However, when I run it, I get a bus
error regardless of the
value of the first command-line argument, or whether it's present at all. I
also get bus error if I
eliminate the conditional altogether. AFAICT, the array operation I'm doing on
vec is legitimate
according to

http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/arrays.html

and the fact that the program bombs out regardless of the outcome of the test
in the conditional is
particularly mystifying.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Pillsy
May 14 2010
parent Robert Clipsham <robert octarineparrot.com> writes:
On 15/05/10 00:14, Pillsy wrote:
 I have the following program on Mac OS X 10.6.3 running dmd version 2.043:

 $ cat if.d
 import std.stdio;

 void main (string [] args)
 {
    foreach(arg; args)
      writeln(arg);

    auto vec = new double[10];

    foreach(i, ref x; vec) { x = cast(double) i; }

    if (args.length>  1&&  args[1] == "bar") { vec[] *= 0.5; }
 }

 This program compiles with no warnings. However, when I run it, I get a bus
error regardless of the
 value of the first command-line argument, or whether it's present at all. I
also get bus error if I
 eliminate the conditional altogether. AFAICT, the array operation I'm doing on
vec is legitimate
 according to

 http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/arrays.html

 and the fact that the program bombs out regardless of the outcome of the test
in the conditional is
 particularly mystifying.

 Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 Thanks,
 Pillsy
I'm using dmd 2.045 on linux here, and that example works fine, so I'd guess it's an OS X specific bug if you can't get it working with newer versions of dmd... There were some issues to do with array operations that have been fixed recently, so I'd try a newer dmd. If that doesn't fix it report a bug.
May 14 2010