• simendsjo (8/9) Apr 08 2011 But this fails
• Jesse Phililps (3/15) Apr 08 2011 I think the documentation is out of date. Untested:
• simendsjo (1/1) Apr 08 2011 Ok, files bug: http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=5820

simendsjo <simen.endsjo pandavre.com> writes:

The documentation for array says
 (...), and a string literal can be implicitly cast to a char*

But this fails
char* a = "a"; // cannot implicitly convert expression "a" of type
string to char*

This works:
char* a = cast(char*)"a";

Is the documentation a bit out of date, is this a bug, or is it only
correct in some cases?

Jesse Phililps <jessekphililps+D gmail.com> writes:

simendsjo Wrote:

 The documentation for array says
 (...), and a string literal can be implicitly cast to a char*

 
 But this fails
 char* a = "a"; // cannot implicitly convert expression "a" of type
 string to char*
 
 This works:
 char* a = cast(char*)"a";
 
 Is the documentation a bit out of date, is this a bug, or is it only
 correct in some cases?

I think the documentation is out of date. Untested:

const(char)* a = "a";

simendsjo <simen.endsjo pandavre.com> writes:

Ok, files bug: http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=5820