• simendsjo (29/29) Mar 18 2012 I'm trying to initialize an AA, but initializing at definition fails, as...
• H. S. Teoh (15/36) Mar 18 2012 This is a shortcoming in the current AA implementation: all AA's have to

simendsjo <simendsjo gmail.com> writes:

I'm trying to initialize an AA, but initializing at definition fails, as  
do in a shared module ctor.

// how is this now constant?
//shared string[int] aa = [1: "a"]; // Error: non-constant expression  
[1:"a"]

// ok
string[int] aa2;
static this()
{
     aa2 = [1: "a"];
}

// The same with shared fails
// segfault
/+
shared string[int] aa3;
shared static this()
{
     aa3 = [1: "a"];
}
+/

// Using __gshared works though
__gshared string[int] aa4;
shared static this()
{
     aa4 = [1: "a"];
}

void main() {
     assert(aa4[1] == "a");
}

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

On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 02:50:00PM +0100, simendsjo wrote:
 I'm trying to initialize an AA, but initializing at definition
 fails, as do in a shared module ctor.
 
 // how is this now constant?
 //shared string[int] aa = [1: "a"]; // Error: non-constant
 expression [1:"a"]

This is a shortcoming in the current AA implementation: all AA's have to
be initialized at runtime, even AA literals.

In my prospective AA replacement, I've worked out a way to create
compile-time AA literals via CTFE and mixins, though I haven't actually
implemented it yet. Preliminary testing code seems to show that this
should be quite possible.


 // ok
 string[int] aa2;
 static this()
 {
     aa2 = [1: "a"];
 }

Yes, this is the workaround currently necessary.


 // The same with shared fails
 // segfault
 /+
 shared string[int] aa3;
 shared static this()
 {
     aa3 = [1: "a"];
 }
 +/

[...]

Now this I've no idea about. But I know there are some bugs with shared
currently; you might want to search the bugtracker for issues that might
be causing this.


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