Re: copying const struct

2013-10-15 Thread Jack Applegame

On Monday, 14 October 2013 at 18:36:00 UTC, Maxim Fomin wrote:
Funniest thing happen in cases like this when he reports the 
bug himself and soon fixes it, later bug is hit by someone else 
but during reporting it is realized that bug is already fixed, 
pull is pushed to master and everyone salutes Kenji.
Obviously Kenji has a time machine. With it, he discovers bugs in 
the future and fixes them in the present and sometimes even in 
the past.


Re: copying const struct

2013-10-14 Thread Benjamin Thaut

Am 14.10.2013 13:35, schrieb Jack Applegame:

Why this doesn't compile?

http://dpaste.dzfl.pl/21ef5b04

class Foo {}

struct Bar1 {
 const(Foo[]) member;
}

struct Bar2 {
 const Foo member;
}

void main() {
 const Bar1 bar1;
 const Bar2 bar2;
 Bar1 b1 = bar1; // ok
 Bar2 b2 = bar2; // cannot implicitly convert expression (bar2) of
type const(Bar2) to Bar2
}


Because in D const is transitive. That means if a reference is const the 
object it points to is also const. And everything that object points to 
is const, and so on.


The line Bar2 b2 = bar2; would remove const from member which does 
not happen because const is not convertible to mutable implicitly.


Kind Regards
Benjamin Thaut


copying const struct

2013-10-14 Thread Jack Applegame

Why this doesn't compile?

http://dpaste.dzfl.pl/21ef5b04

class Foo {}

struct Bar1 {
const(Foo[]) member;
}

struct Bar2 {
const Foo member;   
}

void main() {
const Bar1 bar1;
const Bar2 bar2;
Bar1 b1 = bar1; // ok
	Bar2 b2 = bar2; // cannot implicitly convert expression (bar2) 
of type const(Bar2) to Bar2

}


Re: copying const struct

2013-10-14 Thread Jack Applegame

On Monday, 14 October 2013 at 11:38:23 UTC, Benjamin Thaut wrote:

The line Bar2 b2 = bar2; would remove const from member

Seems strange, because b2.member is const by declaration.


Re: copying const struct

2013-10-14 Thread Dicebot

On Monday, 14 October 2013 at 11:45:30 UTC, Jack Applegame wrote:
On Monday, 14 October 2013 at 11:38:23 UTC, Benjamin Thaut 
wrote:

The line Bar2 b2 = bar2; would remove const from member

Seems strange, because b2.member is const by declaration.


Strange indeed and smells like a bug. `auto bar = 
Bar2(bar2.member)` works so it should be assignable.


Re: copying const struct

2013-10-14 Thread Benjamin Thaut

Am 14.10.2013 13:54, schrieb Dicebot:

On Monday, 14 October 2013 at 11:45:30 UTC, Jack Applegame wrote:

On Monday, 14 October 2013 at 11:38:23 UTC, Benjamin Thaut wrote:

The line Bar2 b2 = bar2; would remove const from member

Seems strange, because b2.member is const by declaration.


Strange indeed and smells like a bug. `auto bar = Bar2(bar2.member)`
works so it should be assignable.


d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=9665


Re: copying const struct

2013-10-14 Thread Maxim Fomin

On Monday, 14 October 2013 at 11:35:32 UTC, Jack Applegame wrote:

Why this doesn't compile?

http://dpaste.dzfl.pl/21ef5b04

class Foo {}

struct Bar1 {
const(Foo[]) member;
}

struct Bar2 {
const Foo member;   
}

void main() {
const Bar1 bar1;
const Bar2 bar2;
Bar1 b1 = bar1; // ok
	Bar2 b2 = bar2; // cannot implicitly convert expression (bar2) 
of type const(Bar2) to Bar2

}


This is compilable using git head.


Re: copying const struct

2013-10-14 Thread Maxim Fomin

On Monday, 14 October 2013 at 13:56:58 UTC, Benjamin Thaut wrote:

Am 14.10.2013 13:54, schrieb Dicebot:
On Monday, 14 October 2013 at 11:45:30 UTC, Jack Applegame 
wrote:
On Monday, 14 October 2013 at 11:38:23 UTC, Benjamin Thaut 
wrote:

The line Bar2 b2 = bar2; would remove const from member

Seems strange, because b2.member is const by declaration.


Strange indeed and smells like a bug. `auto bar = 
Bar2(bar2.member)`

works so it should be assignable.


d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=9665


I don't see how this is related to the topic.


Re: copying const struct

2013-10-14 Thread Benjamin Thaut

Am 14.10.2013 16:19, schrieb Maxim Fomin:

On Monday, 14 October 2013 at 13:56:58 UTC, Benjamin Thaut wrote:

Am 14.10.2013 13:54, schrieb Dicebot:

On Monday, 14 October 2013 at 11:45:30 UTC, Jack Applegame wrote:

On Monday, 14 October 2013 at 11:38:23 UTC, Benjamin Thaut wrote:

The line Bar2 b2 = bar2; would remove const from member

Seems strange, because b2.member is const by declaration.


Strange indeed and smells like a bug. `auto bar = Bar2(bar2.member)`
works so it should be assignable.


d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=9665


I don't see how this is related to the topic.


I thought maybe its related to this bug.


Re: copying const struct

2013-10-14 Thread Kenji Hara

On Monday, 14 October 2013 at 14:18:10 UTC, Maxim Fomin wrote:
On Monday, 14 October 2013 at 11:35:32 UTC, Jack Applegame 
wrote:

Why this doesn't compile?

http://dpaste.dzfl.pl/21ef5b04

class Foo {}

struct Bar1 {
const(Foo[]) member;
}

struct Bar2 {
const Foo member;   
}

void main() {
const Bar1 bar1;
const Bar2 bar2;
Bar1 b1 = bar1; // ok
	Bar2 b2 = bar2; // cannot implicitly convert expression 
(bar2) of type const(Bar2) to Bar2

}


This is compilable using git head.


Recently I found a small compiler bug.
http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=11187

And, a week ago it is fixed. 2.064 beta1 contains the fix.

Kenji Hara


Re: copying const struct

2013-10-14 Thread Ali Çehreli

On 10/14/2013 10:33 AM, Kenji Hara wrote:

 On Monday, 14 October 2013 at 14:18:10 UTC, Maxim Fomin wrote:

 This is compilable using git head.

When I read that line ...

 Kenji Hara

... I was thinking about that person. :)

Thank you Kenji!

Ali



Re: copying const struct

2013-10-14 Thread Maxim Fomin

On Monday, 14 October 2013 at 17:38:22 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:

On 10/14/2013 10:33 AM, Kenji Hara wrote:

 On Monday, 14 October 2013 at 14:18:10 UTC, Maxim Fomin wrote:

 This is compilable using git head.

When I read that line ...

 Kenji Hara

... I was thinking about that person. :)

Thank you Kenji!

Ali


Right. Kenji is true D celebrity. Funniest thing happen in cases 
like this when he reports the bug himself and soon fixes it, 
later bug is hit by someone else but during reporting it is 
realized that bug is already fixed, pull is pushed to master and 
everyone salutes Kenji.


What bothers me is that some (in fact, probably many) delicate 
language cases are silently fixed by Kenji without proper 
documentation so D language has some sparse and obsolete spec, 
even more obsolete book and sporadic patches - just couple of 
developers are aware about each of them. When someone hits corner 
language case - weird compiler behavior it is general unknown 
what should compiler do, whether current behavior is bug or a fix 
for some other previous bug about which you are unaware of. When 
different parts of language interact, problem becomes even more 
complicated.