base 1 bug in std.string.toString?

[Frits van Bommel]

nobody wrote:
> int main(char[][] args)
> {
>   dout.writeLine(toString(1uL,1u));
>   assert( toString(12uL,1u).length == 12 );
> }
> 
> This produces:
> 
>   1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
>   Error: Assert Failure example(4)
> 
> When I think it should produce
> 
>   1

 From the docs: (http://www.digitalmars.com/d/phobos/std_string.html)

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char[] toString(long value, uint radix);
char[] toString(ulong value, uint radix);
     Convert value to string in radix radix.

     radix must be a value from 2 to 36. [...]
------

So you're just calling it with an invalid parameter value.

Hint: 1 wouldn't be a valid digit in base 1, just like 2 isn't one in 
base 2, A isn't one in base 10, etc.
So the only valid digit would be 0, and since extra leading zeroes are 
ignored, the only value that can possibly be represented in base 1 is 0 
itself.