Re: simple assignment statement compiles but becomes a run time error

[WhatMeWorry via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Sunday, 18 January 2015 at 20:07:25 UTC, weaselcat wrote:
On Sunday, 18 January 2015 at 19:51:02 UTC, WhatMeWorry wrote:
On Sunday, 18 January 2015 at 19:42:33 UTC, WhatMeWorry wrote:

I've got a OpenGL function returning a pointer

// const GLubyte *version = glGetString(GL_VERSION);  // C++ 
and openLG code

// the following compiles with no errors or warnings

char openglVersion[100] = 
fromStringz(glGetString(GL_VERSION));
// ABENDS HERE!


// documentation from std.string shows
// pure @system inout(char)[] fromStringz(inout(char)* 
cString);

// Seems pretty innocuous to me.


Debugger returns:
Unhandled exception at 0x76AC2F71 (KernelBase.dll) in 
WhatVersionOfOpenGL.exe

Hi,

try replacing the fromStringz with to!string from std.conv

No cigar.

char openglVersion[100] = fromStringz(glGetString(GL_VERSION));
causes the same exception.

Thanks for suggestion.  Could (Can?) OpenGL be marking the string 
as read only?  So we can print out value put not copy it?