dmd 2.057 release

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2011-12-15 08:43, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> On Thursday, December 15, 2011 08:19:39 Jacob Carlborg wrote:
>> On 2011-12-14 18:00, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, December 14, 2011 12:11:03 Jacob Carlborg wrote:
>>>> On 2011-12-14 11:10, Walter Bright wrote:
>>>>> On 12/14/2011 1:59 AM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
>>>>>> What happened to arrays in this release:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> void foo (Object[] a) {}
>>>>>> class Foo {}
>>>>>>
>>>>>> void main ()
>>>>>> {
>>>>>> Foo[] b;
>>>>>> foo(b);
>>>>>> }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The above code fails with the following message:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> main.d(54): Error: function main.foo (Object[] a) is not callable
>>>>>> using argument
>>>>>> types (Foo[])
>>>>>> main.d(54): Error: cannot implicitly convert expression (b) of
>>>>>> type
>>>>>> Foo[] to
>>>>>> Object[]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Have I missed something, I can't find this in the changelog?
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't remember if there was a bugzilla entry for it, but it's the
>>>>> object slicing problem. The thing is, main() expects b to be an
>>>>> array of Foo's. If foo() replaces one of the array elements with an
>>>>> Object, then b is no longer an array of Foo's, and can crash.
>>>>
>>>> I think it would be good if it's in the changelog, even if there is no
>>>> bugzilla entry for it.
>>>
>>> It's the first dmd bug on the list:
>>> http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2095
>>>
>>> - Jonathan M Davis
>>
>> I see, thanks. I was search for "array" on the changelog page.
>
> The names of bug reports are frequently not particularly informative, and even
> if they are, they frequently don't contain the necessary information to
> understand the effects of fixing the bug. If you want to actually know what's
> really being fixed, you frequently have to actually read all of the bug reports
> rather than looking at their titles.
>
> - Jonathan M Davis

Yeah, I guess.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg