https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14441
Issue ID: 14441 Summary: Strange error with string ctor Product: D Version: unspecified Hardware: All OS: All Status: NEW Severity: major Priority: P1 Component: DMD Assignee: nob...@puremagic.com Reporter: temta...@gmail.com auto s = string(`foo`); Error: function expected before (), not string of type string It should be accepted because all built-in types has a ctor. For example auto a = int(10); works --