Re: The Mystery of the Misbehaved Malloc

2016-07-29 Thread 岩倉 澪 via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Saturday, 30 July 2016 at 05:21:26 UTC, ag0aep6g wrote: On 07/30/2016 07:00 AM, 岩倉 澪 wrote: auto mem = malloc(2^^31); 2^^31 is negative. 2^^31-1 is the maximum positive value of an int, so 2^^31 wraps around to int.min. Try 2u^^31. bah, I'm an idiot! CASE CLOSED. Thanks for

WindowsCE toolchain

2016-07-29 Thread rota via Digitalmars-d-learn
Hello! I'm used small device(Electronic dictionary) which installed Windows CE 6.0. How can i found D compiler(ldc or dmd) for Windows CE?(I just wonder. not serious.) regards,

Re: The Mystery of the Misbehaved Malloc

2016-07-29 Thread ag0aep6g via Digitalmars-d-learn
On 07/30/2016 07:00 AM, 岩倉 澪 wrote: auto mem = malloc(2^^31); 2^^31 is negative. 2^^31-1 is the maximum positive value of an int, so 2^^31 wraps around to int.min. Try 2u^^31.

The Mystery of the Misbehaved Malloc

2016-07-29 Thread 岩倉 澪 via Digitalmars-d-learn
So I ran into a problem earlier - trying to allocate 2GB or more on Windows would fail even if there was enough room. Mentioned it in the D irc channel and a few fine folks pointed out that Windows only allows 2GB for 32-bit applications unless you pass a special flag which may or may not be a

Re: Does D have object wrappers for primitives?

2016-07-29 Thread stunaep via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Friday, 29 July 2016 at 20:25:16 UTC, Cauterite wrote: On Friday, 29 July 2016 at 20:13:34 UTC, stunaep wrote: I have some java code I need to convert and at one point it uses an Object[] array to store various ints, longs, and strings. Java has built in Integer and Long classes that wrap

Re: C's void func() vs. void func(void).

2016-07-29 Thread Mike Parker via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Friday, 29 July 2016 at 18:24:52 UTC, ag0aep6g wrote: On 07/29/2016 02:15 PM, Mike Parker wrote: And if it is a cross-platform library that is stdcall on Windows and cdecl elsewhere: extern(C) void fun(); extern(System), no? Yeah, that's what I had intended.

Re: Why D isn't the next "big thing" already

2016-07-29 Thread Karabuta via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Tuesday, 26 July 2016 at 15:11:00 UTC, llaine wrote: Hi guys, I'm using D since a few month now and I was wondering why people don't jump onto it that much and why it isn't the "big thing" already. Everybody is into javascript nowadays, but IMO even for doing web I found Vibe.d more

Re: Does D have object wrappers for primitives?

2016-07-29 Thread Ali Çehreli via Digitalmars-d-learn
On 07/29/2016 01:40 PM, Cauterite wrote: > On Friday, 29 July 2016 at 20:26:47 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote: >> >> I was going to suggest Algebraic because it allows arrays of mixed >> primitive types (wrapped in Algebraic): >> >> https://dlang.org/phobos/std_variant.html#.Algebraic >> >> Ali > > It

Re: Does D have object wrappers for primitives?

2016-07-29 Thread Cauterite via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Friday, 29 July 2016 at 20:26:47 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote: I was going to suggest Algebraic because it allows arrays of mixed primitive types (wrapped in Algebraic): https://dlang.org/phobos/std_variant.html#.Algebraic Ali It could work, but keep in mind Algebraic is a structure, not

Re: Does D have object wrappers for primitives?

2016-07-29 Thread Ali Çehreli via Digitalmars-d-learn
On 07/29/2016 01:25 PM, Cauterite wrote: On Friday, 29 July 2016 at 20:13:34 UTC, stunaep wrote: I have some java code I need to convert and at one point it uses an Object[] array to store various ints, longs, and strings. Java has built in Integer and Long classes that wrap the primitives in

Re: Does D have object wrappers for primitives?

2016-07-29 Thread Cauterite via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Friday, 29 July 2016 at 20:13:34 UTC, stunaep wrote: I have some java code I need to convert and at one point it uses an Object[] array to store various ints, longs, and strings. Java has built in Integer and Long classes that wrap the primitives in an object and strings are already

Does D have object wrappers for primitives?

2016-07-29 Thread stunaep via Digitalmars-d-learn
I have some java code I need to convert and at one point it uses an Object[] array to store various ints, longs, and strings. Java has built in Integer and Long classes that wrap the primitives in an object and strings are already objects.

Re: string mixin and alias

2016-07-29 Thread Andre via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Friday, 29 July 2016 at 18:39:23 UTC, Jesse Phillips wrote: On Friday, 29 July 2016 at 18:34:56 UTC, Jesse Phillips wrote: Here the generateCode() is mixed in to the context of foo(), which is fine if your code is performing actions but is no good if you're creating declarations that you

Re: Use dup on Containers with const Elements

2016-07-29 Thread Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d-learn
On 7/29/16 3:00 PM, Q. Schroll wrote: Cases to consider: Arrays and AAs with const(T) Elements, where T is a value or a reference type respectively. [snip] Questions: (1) Why do I have to specify the type here? Why does inference fail? (2) Why not just S[S]? The copy of a const S is a S so

Use dup on Containers with const Elements

2016-07-29 Thread Q. Schroll via Digitalmars-d-learn
Cases to consider: Arrays and AAs with const(T) Elements, where T is a value or a reference type respectively. class C { } struct S { } const(S)[] varr; const(C)[] carr; const(S)[S] vaav; const(C)[S] caav; const(S)[C] vaac; const(C)[C] caac; pragma(msg,

Re: string mixin and alias

2016-07-29 Thread Jesse Phillips via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Friday, 29 July 2016 at 18:34:56 UTC, Jesse Phillips wrote: Here the generateCode() is mixed in to the context of foo(), which is fine if your code is performing actions but is no good if you're creating declarations that you want to use in the context of main(). Here is a fully

Re: string mixin and alias

2016-07-29 Thread Jesse Phillips via Digitalmars-d-learn
D won't let you hide the mixin, the keyword is there specifically to indicate code is being injected in that location. This isn't what you are looking for, but you can do something like this: - string generateCode(string s){return "";} void main() { enum s =

Re: C's void func() vs. void func(void).

2016-07-29 Thread ag0aep6g via Digitalmars-d-learn
On 07/29/2016 02:15 PM, Mike Parker wrote: And if it is a cross-platform library that is stdcall on Windows and cdecl elsewhere: extern(C) void fun(); extern(System), no?

Re: When I should to call destroy?

2016-07-29 Thread Jonathan M Davis via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Friday, July 29, 2016 13:18:00 Suliman via Digitalmars-d-learn wrote: > Use the `destroy` function to finalize an object by calling its > destructor. The memory of the object is not immediately > deallocated, instead the GC will collect the memory of the object > at an undetermined point after

FunctionTypeOf behaves unexpectedly for function pointers?

2016-07-29 Thread pineapple via Digitalmars-d-learn
This failure seems curious and I haven't been able to understand why it occurs, or whether it might be intentional. For all other callable types, including functions and delegates and types implementing opCall, the assertion passes. import std.traits : FunctionTypeOf; void function()

Re: When I should to call destroy?

2016-07-29 Thread Lodovico Giaretta via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Friday, 29 July 2016 at 13:18:00 UTC, Suliman wrote: Use the `destroy` function to finalize an object by calling its destructor. The memory of the object is not immediately deallocated, instead the GC will collect the memory of the object at an undetermined point after finalization: class

Re: When I should to call destroy?

2016-07-29 Thread Kagamin via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Friday, 29 July 2016 at 13:18:00 UTC, Suliman wrote: But I can't understand if D have GC it should remove objects when their life is finished. When I should to call `destroy`? What would be if I will not call it? You should call destroy when you want to call the destructor

Re: When I should to call destroy?

2016-07-29 Thread Cauterite via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Friday, 29 July 2016 at 13:18:00 UTC, Suliman wrote: But I can't understand if D have GC it should remove objects when their life is finished. When I should to call `destroy`? What would be if I will not call it? `destroy` is mainly about running destructors deterministically. From the

When I should to call destroy?

2016-07-29 Thread Suliman via Digitalmars-d-learn
Use the `destroy` function to finalize an object by calling its destructor. The memory of the object is not immediately deallocated, instead the GC will collect the memory of the object at an undetermined point after finalization: class Foo { int x; this() { x = 1; } } Foo foo = new Foo;

Re: C's void func() vs. void func(void).

2016-07-29 Thread ciechowoj via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Friday, 29 July 2016 at 12:20:17 UTC, Mike Parker wrote: Though, I should add the caveat that you need to ensure the definition of the C function does not specify any parameters. AFAIK, this is legal: // foo.h void func(); // foo.c void func(int a, int b) { ... } In which case you

Re: string mixin and alias

2016-07-29 Thread pineapple via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Friday, 29 July 2016 at 12:22:54 UTC, Andre Pany wrote: It is more or less syntax sugar. In the main function instead of writing "mixin(generateCode(s));" I want to write "foo(s);". So, the mixin statement is hidden while the functionality of mixin stays. Kind regards André As far as I

Re: string mixin and alias

2016-07-29 Thread Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d-learn
On 7/29/16 2:38 AM, Andre Pany wrote: Hi, is there a way to alias a string mixin? Neither foo nor foo2 compiles. import std.meta : Alias; alias foo = (s) => Alias!(mixin(generateCode(s))); s is a runtime parameter. You can't mixin stuff that is only available at runtime. alias

Re: C's void func() vs. void func(void).

2016-07-29 Thread Mike Parker via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Friday, 29 July 2016 at 12:15:22 UTC, Mike Parker wrote: Yes, this is correct as long as the calling convention is not stdcall or something else: Though, I should add the caveat that you need to ensure the definition of the C function does not specify any parameters. AFAIK, this is

Re: string mixin and alias

2016-07-29 Thread Andre Pany via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Friday, 29 July 2016 at 12:11:44 UTC, pineapple wrote: On Friday, 29 July 2016 at 06:38:17 UTC, Andre Pany wrote: Hi, is there a way to alias a string mixin? Neither foo nor foo2 compiles. import std.meta : Alias; alias foo = (s) => Alias!(mixin(generateCode(s))); alias foo2(string s) =

Re: C's void func() vs. void func(void).

2016-07-29 Thread Mike Parker via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Friday, 29 July 2016 at 10:57:37 UTC, ciechowoj wrote: In C, a function `void func()` doesn't declare a function without arguments, instead it declares a function that takes unspecified number of arguments. The correct way to declare a function that takes no arguments is to use the `void`

Re: string mixin and alias

2016-07-29 Thread pineapple via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Friday, 29 July 2016 at 06:38:17 UTC, Andre Pany wrote: Hi, is there a way to alias a string mixin? Neither foo nor foo2 compiles. import std.meta : Alias; alias foo = (s) => Alias!(mixin(generateCode(s))); alias foo2(string s) = Alias!(mixin(generateCode(s))); string generateCode(string

Re: Question about destructor of database and multiple use access

2016-07-29 Thread Suliman via Digitalmars-d-learn
So my last variant is right? How can I inspect code, to better understand how GC works? Also where I can find idiomatic code with comments? Just to read for better understand design solutions.

C's void func() vs. void func(void).

2016-07-29 Thread ciechowoj via Digitalmars-d-learn
In C, a function `void func()` doesn't declare a function without arguments, instead it declares a function that takes unspecified number of arguments. The correct way to declare a function that takes no arguments is to use the `void` keyword: `void func(void)`. What is the correct way to

Re: Why D isn't the next "big thing" already

2016-07-29 Thread llaine via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Thursday, 28 July 2016 at 15:16:20 UTC, Gorge Jingale wrote: On Wednesday, 27 July 2016 at 10:41:54 UTC, ketmar wrote: On Wednesday, 27 July 2016 at 10:39:52 UTC, NX wrote: Lack of production quality tools like? no, "refactoring" and other crap is not "production quality tools", they are

Re: Can't Compile Global Semaphores?

2016-07-29 Thread Jean-Yves Vion-Dury via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Monday, 21 March 2016 at 13:19:34 UTC, denizzzka wrote: On Monday, 27 July 2015 at 20:12:10 UTC, John Colvin wrote: Yes, but then core.sync.semaphore doesn't support being shared, so... I don't really understand how

Re: Dealing with unicode

2016-07-29 Thread John via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Friday, 29 July 2016 at 06:32:24 UTC, Fabian wrote: I'm trying to add support for unicode to my app in D and having issues. string str = "Pokémon No"; writeln(str); this outputs: Pok├®mon No what I want to do is change the funky character such that the string reads: Pok\u00e9mon No as

Re: string mixin and alias

2016-07-29 Thread rikki cattermole via Digitalmars-d-learn
On 29/07/2016 6:38 PM, Andre Pany wrote: Hi, is there a way to alias a string mixin? Neither foo nor foo2 compiles. import std.meta : Alias; alias foo = (s) => Alias!(mixin(generateCode(s))); alias foo2(string s) = Alias!(mixin(generateCode(s))); string generateCode(string s){return "";}

Re: Dealing with unicode

2016-07-29 Thread rikki cattermole via Digitalmars-d-learn
On 29/07/2016 6:32 PM, Fabian wrote: I'm trying to add support for unicode to my app in D and having issues. string str = "Pokémon No"; writeln(str); this outputs: Pok├®mon No what I want to do is change the funky character such that the string reads: Pok\u00e9mon No as \u00e9 == é how can

string mixin and alias

2016-07-29 Thread Andre Pany via Digitalmars-d-learn
Hi, is there a way to alias a string mixin? Neither foo nor foo2 compiles. import std.meta : Alias; alias foo = (s) => Alias!(mixin(generateCode(s))); alias foo2(string s) = Alias!(mixin(generateCode(s))); string generateCode(string s){return "";} void main() { enum s = "a = 2 + 3; b = 4 +

Dealing with unicode

2016-07-29 Thread Fabian via Digitalmars-d-learn
I'm trying to add support for unicode to my app in D and having issues. string str = "Pokémon No"; writeln(str); this outputs: Pok├®mon No what I want to do is change the funky character such that the string reads: Pok\u00e9mon No as \u00e9 == é how can i do this in D?