• WhatMeWorry (34/34) Jan 11 2018 I've built a sound.d module with lots data types, free functions
• Adam D. Ruppe (7/13) Jan 11 2018 Yeah, just declare the array outside, then initialize it inside a
• WhatMeWorry (19/33) Jan 12 2018 I hate to keep being a bother, but my project with the below
• H. S. Teoh (15/18) Jan 12 2018 Is there a way to get at the actual error message? That would be

WhatMeWorry <kheaser gmail.com> writes:

I've built a sound.d module with lots data types, free functions 
(initAndOpenSound() loadSound()), and enums etc.

In my main/app.d module, I've created the the following 
associative array:

void main(string[] argv)
{
     initAndOpenSound();

     Track[string] tracks  =
     [
         "SCRATCH"          : Track("scratch.wav", Sound.SFX,   
ONCE,    null ),
         "BACKGROUND_SOUND" : Track("beat.wav",    Sound.MUSIC, 
FOREVER, null ),
         "HIGH"             : Track("high.wav",    Sound.SFX,   
ONCE,    null )	
     ];
	
     foreach(string s, Track t; tracks)
     {
         loadSound(t);   // sets ptr to a file with audio data
         tracks[s] = t;  // update associative array
     }


Everything works.  But I know in the future, that the tracks is 
going to get very large.

So I want to get it out of main() and move it to the sound.d 
module.  I've tried this but all hell breaks loose and I can't 
make just of the compiler errors


When I simply move the array out of main() but still in app.d, 
the compiler returns
Error: expression ["SCRATCH":Track("scratch.wav", cast(Sound)1, 
0, null),...  is not a constant.

Can I use "static if" or "static this()", or "mixin" or some 
other technique?

Or do I need to refactor my code completely?

Adam D. Ruppe <destructionator gmail.com> writes:

On Thursday, 11 January 2018 at 23:20:44 UTC, WhatMeWorry wrote:
 When I simply move the array out of main() but still in app.d, 
 the compiler returns
 Error: expression ["SCRATCH":Track("scratch.wav", cast(Sound)1, 
 0, null),...  is not a constant.

 Can I use "static if" or "static this()", or "mixin" or some 
 other technique?

Yeah, just declare the array outside, then initialize it inside a 
static this() constructor.

int[int] foo;
static this() {
   foo = [1:1];
}

WhatMeWorry <kheaser gmail.com> writes:

On Thursday, 11 January 2018 at 23:29:30 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
 On Thursday, 11 January 2018 at 23:20:44 UTC, WhatMeWorry wrote:
 When I simply move the array out of main() but still in app.d, 
 the compiler returns
 Error: expression ["SCRATCH":Track("scratch.wav", 
 cast(Sound)1, 0, null),...  is not a constant.

 Can I use "static if" or "static this()", or "mixin" or some 
 other technique?

 Yeah, just declare the array outside, then initialize it inside 
 a static this() constructor.

 int[int] foo;
 static this() {
   foo = [1:1];
 }


I hate to keep being a bother, but my project with the below 
static this() now compiles fine, but aborts during runtime with a 
"a problem caused the program to stop working ..."

Does static if have some pitfalls I'm unaware of?

static this()
{
     tracks["SCRATCH"] = Track("scratch.wav", Sound.SOUND_EFFECT, 
ONCE,    null );

     // or this form code segment

     Track[string] tracks =
     [
         "SCRATCH" : Track("scratch.wav", Sound.SOUND_EFFECT, 
ONCE,    null )
     ];

}

I even tried just foo = [1:1]; but that crashed during run time.

I have a writeln() statement just after main() so I know it is 
occurring before main().

"H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh quickfur.ath.cx> writes:

On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 08:46:50PM +0000, WhatMeWorry via Digitalmars-d-learn
wrote:
[...]
 I hate to keep being a bother, but my project with the below static
 this() now compiles fine, but aborts during runtime with a "a problem
 caused the program to stop working ..."

Is there a way to get at the actual error message? That would be
immensely more helpful in diagnosing the problem.

One potential pitfall of static this(), though unlikely given your
circumstances, is if there are multiple modules that use static this()
and there's a circular dependency somewhere.  If this is the problem,
splitting the static this() into a separate module may help.

If all else fails, you *could* just move the initialization code into
main() (or a function called by main()).  It's uglier, but should get
things going again until you have more time to investigate how to fix
the problem.


T

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-- Donald Knuth