You should open an issue on https://issues.dlang.org/
until it is fixed you can use lazy variation byChar, byWchar or byUTF:
void main()
{
import std.utf : byWchar;
import std.array : array;
wstring s = byWchar("abc").array;
}
On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 7:09 AM, apz28 via Digitalmars-d-learn <
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> void main()
> {
> import std.utf : toUTF16; // Same problem with toUTF8
>
> wstring s = toUTF16!string("abc");
> }
>
> Compilation output:
> /d500/f513.d(3): Deprecation: function std.utf.toUTF16 is deprecated - To
> be removed November 2017. Please use std.utf.encode instead.
> /d500/f513.d(3): Deprecation: function std.utf.toUTF16 is deprecated - To
> be removed November 2017. Please use std.utf.encode instead.
>
>