Ranges, constantly frustrating

[Regan Heath]

On Tue, 11 Feb 2014 10:10:27 -0000, Regan Heath <regan at netmail.co.nz>  
wrote:

> Things like this should "just work"..
>
> File input ...
>
> auto range = input.byLine();
> while(!range.empty)
> {
>    range.popFront();
>    foreach (i, line; range.take(4))  //Error: cannot infer argument types
>    {
>      ..etc..
>    }
>    range.popFront();
> }
>
> Tried adding 'int' and 'char[]' or 'auto' .. no dice.
>
> Can someone explain why this fails, and if this is a permanent or  
> temporary limitation of D/MD.

Further, the naive solution of adding .array gets you in all sorts of  
trouble :p  (The whole byLine buffer re-use issue).

This should be simple and easy, dare I say it trivial.. or am I just being  
dense here.

R

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