On Thursday, 23 May 2013 at 16:27:19 UTC, Gary Willoughby wrote:
Why won't the following code compile? Here's the error:
filewatcher.d(21): Error: cannot implicitly convert expression
(new File(file, "r")) of type File* to shared(_iobuf)*
/**
* Imports.
*/
import std.stdio;
/**
* A class to watch for changes in a file.
*/
class Example
{
/**
* Member variables.
*/
private FILE* _file;
/**
* Constructor.
*/
public this(string file)
{
this._file = new File(file, "r");
}
}
/**
* Imports.
*/
import std.stdio;
/**
* A class to watch for changes in a file.
*/
class Example
{
/**
* Member variables.
*/
private File _file;
/**
* Constructor.
*/
public this(string file)
{
_file = File(file, "r");
}
}
File is a wrapper around a FILE*, it's not the same as a FILE*
No need for new, File is a struct, new is (normally) for classes.
No need for "this.", although there's no harm in it.
