• Era Scarecrow (10/10) Sep 01 2013 [code]
• bearophile (9/18) Sep 01 2013 It could be a regression. You could file it in Bugzilla.
• Era Scarecrow (5/20) Sep 01 2013 alias NString = immutable(char)[fieldEntryLength]; //works
• Era Scarecrow (2/2) Sep 01 2013 Added:

"Era Scarecrow" <rtcvb32 yahoo.com> writes:

[code]
   enum fieldEntryLength = 4;
   //immutable fieldEntryLength = 4; //same issue
   alias immutable(char[fieldEntryLength]) NString;
[/code]

test.d(10): Error: Integer constant expression expected instead 
of fieldEntryLength


  This breaks code that previously compiled. I really don't see 
the problem... bug?

  Version: Windows DMD32 D Compiler v2.063.2

"bearophile" <bearophileHUGS lycos.com> writes:

Era Scarecrow:

 [code]
   enum fieldEntryLength = 4;
   //immutable fieldEntryLength = 4; //same issue
   alias immutable(char[fieldEntryLength]) NString;
 [/code]

 test.d(10): Error: Integer constant expression expected instead 
 of fieldEntryLength


  This breaks code that previously compiled. I really don't see 
 the problem... bug?

It could be a regression. You could file it in Bugzilla.

In the meantime this seems to work (I have also used the new 
alias syntax. Eventually the old alias syntax should be 
deprecated):

enum fieldEntryLength = 4;
alias NString = immutable(char)[fieldEntryLength];

Bye,
bearophile

"Era Scarecrow" <rtcvb32 yahoo.com> writes:

On Monday, 2 September 2013 at 01:19:44 UTC, bearophile wrote:
 Era Scarecrow:
 [code]
  enum fieldEntryLength = 4;
  //immutable fieldEntryLength = 4; //same issue
  alias immutable(char[fieldEntryLength]) NString;
 [/code]

 test.d(10): Error: Integer constant expression expected 
 instead of fieldEntryLength

 It could be a regression. You could file it in Bugzilla.

 In the meantime this seems to work (I have also used the new 
 alias syntax. Eventually the old alias syntax should be 
 deprecated):

 enum fieldEntryLength = 4;
 alias NString = immutable(char)[fieldEntryLength];

alias NString = immutable(char)[fieldEntryLength]; //works
alias NString = immutable(char[fieldEntryLength]); //fails

  I wonder why this is the case... It's a fixed number either 
way...

"Era Scarecrow" <rtcvb32 yahoo.com> writes:

Added:

http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=10946