On 10/22/2017 06:41 PM, Shriramana Sharma wrote:
> On Sunday, 22 October 2017 at 15:21:37 UTC, Shriramana Sharma wrote:
>> For my program right now I'm using a souped-up version using a static
>> array:
>>
>> char[20] name = "/tmp/XXXXXX";
Literal strings have a '\0' attached, which does not become a part of
the slice.
> Hmm I was wondering if I needed it to be static, and verily,
substituting:
>
> char[] name = "/tmp/XXXXXX".dup;
However, .dup is not be aware of the special literal treatment so it
does not copy the '\0' character.
> Is it because the D slice is subject to relocation and C is occasionally
> not able to access the proper pointer?
As long as you have a reference on the D side, the slice will remain
valid. The actual issue is the missing '\0'. So, consider toStringz in
this case:
https://dlang.org/library/std/string/to_stringz.html
Ali
