https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16959
Issue ID: 16959 Summary: bringToFront fails on char arrays Product: D Version: D2 Hardware: x86_64 OS: Windows Status: NEW Severity: major Priority: P1 Component: phobos Assignee: nob...@puremagic.com Reporter: ola...@gmail.com The following code, which is the first example in the docs for std.algorithm.mutation.bringToFront, but using a char array instead of an int array: -- bringToFront.d -- import std.algorithm : bringToFront; void main(string[] args) { auto arr = ['4', '5', '6', '7', '1', '2', '3']; auto p = bringToFront(arr[0 .. 4], arr[4 .. $]); assert(p == arr.length - 4); assert(arr == ['1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7']); } -- end of file -- fails on compilation with this: ..\src\phobos\std\algorithm\mutation.d(2553): Error: front(r1) is not an lvalue ..\src\phobos\std\algorithm\mutation.d(2554): Error: front(r2) is not an lvalue ..\src\phobos\std\algorithm\mutation.d(134): Error: template instance std.algorithm.mutation.swapFront!(char[], char[]) error instantiating bringToFront.d(10): instantiated from here: bringToFront!(char[], char[]) ..\src\phobos\std\algorithm\mutation.d(2553): Error: function std.range.Take!(char[]).Take.front () is not callable using argument types (dchar) ..\src\phobos\std\algorithm\mutation.d(2554): Error: front(r2) is not an lvalue ..\src\phobos\std\algorithm\mutation.d(134): Error: template instance std.algorithm.mutation.swapFront!(Take!(char[]), char[]) error instantiating ..\src\phobos\std\algorithm\mutation.d(163): instantiated from here: bringToFront!(Take!(char[]), char[]) bringToFront.d(10): instantiated from here: bringToFront!(char[], char[]) Compiled with rdmd, using dmd v2.072.0 --