Re: Parallelizing factorial computation

2018-08-24 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Friday, 24 August 2018 at 20:43:46 UTC, Peter Alexander wrote: On Friday, 24 August 2018 at 13:04:47 UTC, Uknown wrote: I was quite surprised by the fact that parallel ran so much slower than recursive and loop implementations. Does anyone know why? n = 100 is too small to see parallelism

Parallelizing factorial computation

2018-08-24 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
I was messing and tried comparing the performance of different ways to compute the factorial of a number. Here's the benchmark results: recursive: 244 ms, 283 μs, and 2 hnsecs loop: 241 ms, 412 μs, and 3 hnsecs parallel: 1 sec, 784 ms, 829 μs, and 5 hnsecs

Re: Getting the underlying range from std.range.indexed, with elements in swapped order, when Indexed.source.length == Indexed.indices.length

2018-06-27 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Wednesday, 27 June 2018 at 15:18:05 UTC, Alex wrote: On Wednesday, 27 June 2018 at 15:07:57 UTC, Uknown wrote: On Wednesday, 27 June 2018 at 14:50:25 UTC, Alex wrote: On Wednesday, 27 June 2018 at 14:29:33 UTC, Uknown wrote: On Wednesday, 27 June 2018 at 14:21:39 UTC, Alex wrote: On

Re: Getting the underlying range from std.range.indexed, with elements in swapped order, when Indexed.source.length == Indexed.indices.length

2018-06-27 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Wednesday, 27 June 2018 at 14:50:25 UTC, Alex wrote: On Wednesday, 27 June 2018 at 14:29:33 UTC, Uknown wrote: On Wednesday, 27 June 2018 at 14:21:39 UTC, Alex wrote: On Wednesday, 27 June 2018 at 13:27:46 UTC, Uknown wrote: [...] I see. Ok, one possibility is source = indexed(source,

Re: Preferred Alias Declaration Style

2018-06-27 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Wednesday, 27 June 2018 at 14:29:18 UTC, Basile B. wrote: On Wednesday, 27 June 2018 at 14:23:25 UTC, Uknown wrote: On Wednesday, 27 June 2018 at 14:01:06 UTC, Basile B. wrote: On Wednesday, 27 June 2018 at 12:25:26 UTC, Uknown wrote: On Wednesday, 27 June 2018 at 10:22:38 UTC, Vijay Nayar

Re: Getting the underlying range from std.range.indexed, with elements in swapped order, when Indexed.source.length == Indexed.indices.length

2018-06-27 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Wednesday, 27 June 2018 at 14:21:39 UTC, Alex wrote: On Wednesday, 27 June 2018 at 13:27:46 UTC, Uknown wrote: Title says it all. Is there a trivial way to do this? There are https://dlang.org/library/std/algorithm/mutation/reverse.html and https://dlang.org/library/std/range/retro.html

Re: Preferred Alias Declaration Style

2018-06-27 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Wednesday, 27 June 2018 at 14:01:06 UTC, Basile B. wrote: On Wednesday, 27 June 2018 at 12:25:26 UTC, Uknown wrote: On Wednesday, 27 June 2018 at 10:22:38 UTC, Vijay Nayar wrote: [...] aliasing a function type only works with the old syntax too: alias void proto_identifier(); Very

Getting the underlying range from std.range.indexed, with elements in swapped order, when Indexed.source.length == Indexed.indices.length

2018-06-27 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
Title says it all. Is there a trivial way to do this?

Re: Preferred Alias Declaration Style

2018-06-27 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Wednesday, 27 June 2018 at 10:22:38 UTC, Vijay Nayar wrote: Most of the documentation at https://dlang.org/spec/declaration.html#alias uses examples of the form: `alias aliasName = other;`, where `aliasName` becomes the new name to reference `other`. Alternatively, one may write `alias

Re: Which character set does D use?

2018-06-13 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Wednesday, 13 June 2018 at 23:34:02 UTC, Murilo wrote: Does D use ASCII or UNICODE? It seems to use ASCII since it causes error whenever I use a non-ASCII character. Your system might be misconfigured. D can use UTF-8 (Unicode) too. See https://dlang.org/spec/lex.html#source_text

Re: How to sort byCodeUnit.permutations.filter(...)

2018-06-12 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Tuesday, 12 June 2018 at 14:21:48 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote: On Monday, 11 June 2018 at 04:39:54 UTC, Uknown wrote: Why are the strings getting modified? I'm guessing it reuses a buffer as it iterates. "123".byCodeUnit.permutations.writeln;//[123, 213, 312, 132, 231, 321] [...]

Re: How to sort byCodeUnit.permutations.filter(...)

2018-06-10 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Monday, 11 June 2018 at 04:12:57 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote: On Monday, 11 June 2018 at 04:06:44 UTC, Uknown wrote: The problem is this prints a list of numbers. The task requires only the largest, so the intuitive fix I would just pull the max out of it.

How to sort byCodeUnit.permutations.filter(...)

2018-06-10 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
I wrote a small program for Project Euler problem 41 ( https://projecteuler.net/problem=41 ). --- project_euler_41.d void main() { import math_common : primesLessThan; import std.stdio : writeln; import std.conv : parse; import std.algorithm : permutations,

Re: Conditionally set nothrow: for a block of code.

2018-05-27 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Thursday, 24 May 2018 at 18:51:31 UTC, Mike Franklin wrote: I'm trying to find a way to declare a block of code `nothrow:` when compiling with -betterC, but not `nothrow` when not compiling with -betterC. The solution is needed for this PR:

Re: is ==

2018-05-18 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Friday, 18 May 2018 at 23:53:12 UTC, IntegratedDimensions wrote: Why does D complain when using == to compare with null? Is there really any technical reason? if one just defines == null to is null then there should be no problem. It seems like a pedantic move by who ever implemented it and

Re: Temporary file creation for unittests

2018-05-18 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Friday, 18 May 2018 at 15:16:52 UTC, Russel Winder wrote: Hi, What's the current official position on how to create temporary files for use during a unittest. I found https://github.com/dlang/phobos/pull/5788 but it seems to be languishing in the "we have discussed all the issues that

Re: Extra .tupleof field in structs with disabled postblit blocks non-GC-allocation trait

2018-05-10 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Thursday, 10 May 2018 at 11:06:06 UTC, Per Nordlöw wrote: On Wednesday, 9 May 2018 at 21:09:12 UTC, Meta wrote: It's a context pointer to the enclosing function/object/struct. Mark the struct as static to get rid of it. Ok, but why an extra void* for `S.tupleof` and not for `T.tupleof`

Re: C++ / const class pointer signature / unable to find correct D syntax

2018-05-04 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Friday, 4 May 2018 at 07:49:02 UTC, Robert M. Münch wrote: I have a static C++ and can't make it to get a correct binding for one function: DMD: public: unsigned int __cdecl b2d::Context2D::_begin(class b2d::Image & __ptr64,class b2d::Context2D::InitParams const * __ptr64 const) __ptr64

Re: Is build a 64 bit version worth if I'm looking for better perfomance?

2018-05-01 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Tuesday, 1 May 2018 at 22:48:08 UTC, Dr.No wrote: Looking for make application run fast as possible, aside optimization in the source code, is using 64 bit over 32 really worth? With the GC yes, since false pointers become less of an issue. Also you get to take full advantage of the

Re: Passing to c++ std::string and vector

2018-04-30 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Monday, 30 April 2018 at 01:07:35 UTC, NewUser wrote: Hi, How do I pass a d string to a c++ std::string? NewUser There is no trivial way to do this as far as I'm aware, mostly due to C++ mangling issues in DMD. You can try calypso [0] or dpp [1], which might work. You can also see this

Re: How to use std.meta.Filter?

2018-04-21 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Saturday, 21 April 2018 at 17:46:05 UTC, Dr.No wrote: On Saturday, 21 April 2018 at 17:15:47 UTC, Jonathan M Davis wrote: On Saturday, April 21, 2018 16:05:22 Dr.No via Digitalmars-d-learn wrote: import std.meta : Filter; enum isNotReservedSymbol(string name) = name != "none" && name !=

Re: dynamically allocating on the stack

2018-04-21 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Sunday, 22 April 2018 at 01:07:44 UTC, Giles Bathgate wrote: On Saturday, 21 April 2018 at 19:06:52 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: alloca is an intrinsic, and part of the language technically -- it has to be. Why does: scope c = new C(); // allocate c on stack scope a = new

Re: dynamically allocating on the stack

2018-04-21 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Saturday, 21 April 2018 at 07:37:50 UTC, Mike Franklin wrote: Does D have some way to dynamically allocate on the stack? I'm looking for something roughly equivalent to the following C code. int doSomething(size_t len) { char stackBuffer[len + 1]; doSomethingElse(stackBuffer); }

Re: Using iteration / method chaining / etc on multi-dimensional arrays

2018-04-12 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Thursday, 12 April 2018 at 15:38:34 UTC, Chris Katko wrote: I googled but couldn't find any clear solution. I've got a 2-D array of strings read from a text file I parsed. So it's like 0 1 15 0 0 2 12 1 0 0 ... 0 1 0 10 0 They come in with spaces, so I join into an array between them.

Re: Escaping address of

2018-04-11 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Wednesday, 11 April 2018 at 16:25:20 UTC, Jonathan M Davis wrote: [...] Adding a destructor makes the compiler return an error about lifetimes, with or without -dip1000 https://run.dlang.io/is/ddXqNu

Re: Checking if a function pointer is set or null

2018-04-08 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Monday, 9 April 2018 at 00:25:08 UTC, solidstate1991 wrote: Would the if(!(myFunctionPointer is null)){} work is I intended? Yes, that works as you expect https://run.dlang.io/is/ZTtm0P

Re: Function template argument deduction

2018-04-07 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Saturday, 7 April 2018 at 05:58:10 UTC, Paul Backus wrote: On Saturday, 7 April 2018 at 05:46:07 UTC, Uknown wrote: I don't see the error you are talking about: https://run.dlang.io/is/XWPIc1 Are you using the latest compiler? Compile with -unittest. And yes; I'm using DMD 2.079.0.

Re: Function template argument deduction

2018-04-06 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Saturday, 7 April 2018 at 05:10:05 UTC, Paul Backus wrote: I'm playing around with functional programming in D, and have run into a problem with the following code: [...] I don't see the error you are talking about: https://run.dlang.io/is/XWPIc1 Are you using the latest compiler?

Re: c2 classes

2018-04-06 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Friday, 6 April 2018 at 14:43:25 UTC, Ali wrote: On Friday, 6 April 2018 at 14:31:49 UTC, Alex wrote: On Friday, 6 April 2018 at 13:41:50 UTC, aerto wrote: [...] A question from me, since I am also still learning D what is the difference between those following two declarations

Re: Taming templates and mixin magic: type inpector helper in D/Phobos?

2018-04-04 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Wednesday, 4 April 2018 at 05:28:57 UTC, Carlos Navarro wrote: As a newbie in D (and making a lots of mistakes), I've found myself relying heavily in the use of a rudimentary type inspector to visualize my templated code instantiations. It's simple and incomplete as hell but good enough to

Re: Why toUTF8 not accept wchar[] as argument?

2018-04-02 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Tuesday, 3 April 2018 at 02:31:15 UTC, Uknown wrote: On Tuesday, 3 April 2018 at 02:24:08 UTC, Domain wrote: wchar[10] buffer; toUTF8(buffer); Error: template `std.utf.toUTF8` cannot deduce function from argument types `!()(wchar[10])`, candidates are:

Re: Why toUTF8 not accept wchar[] as argument?

2018-04-02 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Tuesday, 3 April 2018 at 02:24:08 UTC, Domain wrote: wchar[10] buffer; toUTF8(buffer); Error: template `std.utf.toUTF8` cannot deduce function from argument types `!()(wchar[10])`, candidates are: /dlang/dmd/linux/bin64/../../src/phobos/std/utf.d(2713): `std.utf.toUTF8(S)(S s) if

Re: What is the equivalent of C++'s std::optional and std::nullopt in D?

2018-04-02 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Tuesday, 3 April 2018 at 02:10:09 UTC, helxi wrote: For reference: https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/utility/optional Nullable!T would be the closest thing: https://dlang.org/phobos/std_typecons.html#Nullable I'm not sure how comparable they are though.

Re: auto-decoding

2018-03-31 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Sunday, 1 April 2018 at 01:19:08 UTC, auto wrote: What is auto decoding and why it is a problem? Auto-decoding is essentially related to UTF representation of Unicode strings. In D, `char[]` and `string` represent UTF8 strings, `wchar[]` and `wstring` represent UTF16 strings and

Re: Why does struct initializer works for arrays but not for associative arrays?

2018-03-14 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Wednesday, 14 March 2018 at 13:36:51 UTC, Andre Pany wrote: Hi, I do not understand why struct initializer works for arrays but not for associative arrays: struct Bar { string s; } struct Foo { Bar[string] asso; Bar[] arr; } void main() { Foo foo = { arr: [{s:

Re: LDC / BetterC / _d_run_main

2018-03-10 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Saturday, 10 March 2018 at 12:00:12 UTC, Richard wrote: On Saturday, 10 March 2018 at 07:54:33 UTC, Mike Franklin wrote: On Saturday, 10 March 2018 at 02:25:38 UTC, Richard wrote: [snip] Based on the above this seems to work fine so I'll use this since it's the simplest option. ```

Re: See docs compiler message

2018-03-06 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Tuesday, 6 March 2018 at 14:28:52 UTC, ixid wrote: /opt/compilers/dmd2/include/std/algorithm/iteration.d(663): Deprecation: function `std.range.Transposed!(string[], cast(TransverseOptions)0).Transposed.save` is deprecated - This function is incorrect and will be removed November 2018. See

Re: Speed of math function atan: comparison D and C++

2018-03-06 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Tuesday, 6 March 2018 at 08:20:05 UTC, J-S Caux wrote: On Tuesday, 6 March 2018 at 07:12:57 UTC, Robert M. Münch wrote: On 2018-03-05 20:11:06 +, H. S. Teoh said: [snip] Now, with Uknown's trick of using the C math functions, I can reconsider. It's a bit of a "patch" but at least it

Re: Speed of math function atan: comparison D and C++

2018-03-05 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Monday, 5 March 2018 at 06:01:27 UTC, J-S Caux wrote: On Monday, 5 March 2018 at 05:40:09 UTC, rikki cattermole wrote: On 05/03/2018 6:35 PM, J-S Caux wrote: I'm considering shifting a large existing C++ codebase into D (it's a scientific code making much use of functions like atan, log

Re: iota to array

2018-02-24 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Sunday, 25 February 2018 at 06:22:03 UTC, psychoticRabbit wrote: On Sunday, 25 February 2018 at 05:40:19 UTC, Jonathan M Davis wrote: int[] intArr = iota(1, 11).array(); - Jonathan M Davis thanks! oh man. It's so easy to do stuff in D ;-) But this leads me to a new problem now.

Re: Manually allocating a File

2018-02-20 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Tuesday, 20 February 2018 at 14:56:54 UTC, Chris M. wrote: I'm doing this mainly for experimentation, but the following piece of code gives all sorts of errors. Hangs, segfaults or prints nothing and exits import std.stdio; import core.stdc.stdlib; void main() { auto f = cast(File *)

Re: Manually allocating a File

2018-02-20 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Tuesday, 20 February 2018 at 15:21:59 UTC, Uknown wrote: On Tuesday, 20 February 2018 at 14:56:54 UTC, Chris M. wrote: void main() [snip] Never mind, I confused FILE* with File...

Re: Help optimizing code?

2018-01-01 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Tuesday, 2 January 2018 at 07:17:23 UTC, Uknown wrote: [snip] 0. Use LDC. It is significantly faster. 1. Utilize the fact that the Mandelbrot set is symmetric about the X axis.You can half the time taken. 2. Use std.parallelism for using multiple cores on the CPU 3. Use @fastmath of LDC 4.

Re: Help optimizing code?

2018-01-01 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Monday, 1 January 2018 at 15:09:53 UTC, Lily wrote: I started learning D a few days ago, coming from some very basic C++ knowledge, and I'd like some help getting a program to run faster. The code is here: https://github.com/IndigoLily/D-mandelbrot/blob/master/mandelbrot.d Right now it

Re: pure void* memset(return void* s, int c, size_t n)?

2017-09-06 Thread Uknown via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Wednesday, 6 September 2017 at 06:09:46 UTC, Psychological Cleanup wrote: What is the return doing there? The return implies that the function will return the parameter `s` after it has done whatever it needs to. It is useful for the compiler to do escape analysis or So memset would be