Re: Global runtime strings help
Thank you for the thought, but the problem here is that the file containing the
strings is only known at runtime from a command line argument. I also have some
global strings that need to be set from the database.
Thank you again,
JC
Jonathan M Davis wrote:
On Friday, September 23, 2011 13:29:08 Jonathan Crapuchettes wrote:
I'm working on an application that requires a large number of strings that
only need to be loaded once at runtime and need to be accessible to all
threads throughout the execution of the program. Some of these strings are
variables like database host and username that need to be read from a file.
Can anyone help me with an example how they might do this task?
Thank you,
JC
immutable string1;
immutable string2;
immtuable string3;
static shared this()
{
string1 = the string;
string2 = the other string;
string3 = funcThatGrabsStringFromFile();
}
immutable variables are implicitly shared. The shared module constructor will
then initialize them before main runs, and all threads will have access to
them.
- Jonathan M Davis
Re: Global runtime strings help
On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:57:21 -0400, Jonathan Crapuchettes
jcrapuchet...@gmail.com wrote:
Thank you for the thought, but the problem here is that the file
containing the strings is only known at runtime from a command line
argument. I also have some global strings that need to be set from the
database.
Thank you again,
JC
Hm... interesting situation.
The issue is, you want them to be immutable at some arbitrary point in
time, NOT before main is run.
With D the way it is, I think you are better off encapsulating that as
private mutable storage backing public accessors:
module mystringdata;
private shared /* or __gshared */ string _mystringvalue = null;
void initializeStrings(dbconnection db, someFileSource f) // call this
before using any of the strings
{
// read the string from the db/file
_mystringvalue = db.read(mystringdata);
...
}
@property string mystringvalue()
{
assert(_mystringvalue !is null); // ensure it's valid before being used.
return _mystringvalue;
}
// repeat for other values.
Otherwise, you could potentially circumvent the type system, but that
results in undefined behavior. I don't know how well that would work, but
it might solve the problem for the current compiler implementation.
-Steve
Global runtime strings help
I'm working on an application that requires a large number of strings that only need to be loaded once at runtime and need to be accessible to all threads throughout the execution of the program. Some of these strings are variables like database host and username that need to be read from a file. Can anyone help me with an example how they might do this task? Thank you, JC
Re: Global runtime strings help
On Friday, September 23, 2011 13:29:08 Jonathan Crapuchettes wrote:
I'm working on an application that requires a large number of strings that
only need to be loaded once at runtime and need to be accessible to all
threads throughout the execution of the program. Some of these strings are
variables like database host and username that need to be read from a file.
Can anyone help me with an example how they might do this task?
Thank you,
JC
immutable string1;
immutable string2;
immtuable string3;
static shared this()
{
string1 = the string;
string2 = the other string;
string3 = funcThatGrabsStringFromFile();
}
immutable variables are implicitly shared. The shared module constructor will
then initialize them before main runs, and all threads will have access to
them.
- Jonathan M Davis
