Why std.algorithm.sort can't be applied to char[]?

[Jonathan M Davis via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Mon, 12 May 2014 14:49:52 +0000
hane via Digitalmars-d-learn <digitalmars-d-learn at puremagic.com> wrote:

> and is there any way to sort char array with algorithm.sort?
> ---
> import std.algorithm;
> import std.range;
>
> void main()
> {
>    int[] arr = [5, 3, 7];
>    sort(arr); // OK
>
>    char[] arr2 = ['z', 'g', 'c'];
>    sort(arr2); // error
>    sort!q{ a[0] > b[0] }(zip(arr, arr2)); // error
> }
> ---
> I don't know what's difference between int[] and char[] in D, but
> it's very unnatural.

All strings in D are treated as ranges of dchar, not their element type. This
has to with the fact that a char or wchar are only part of a character. If you
want to sort arrays of characters, you need to use dchar[].

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12288465
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16590650

- Jonathan M Davis