cannot sort an array of char
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Wed Nov 5 05:34:03 PST 2014
On Wednesday, 5 November 2014 at 12:54:03 UTC, Ivan Kazmenko
wrote:
> Hi!
>
> This gives an error (cannot deduce template function from
> argument types):
>
> -----
> import std.algorithm;
> void main () {
> char [] c;
> sort (c);
> }
> -----
>
> Why is "char []" so special that it can't be sorted?
>
> For example, if I know the array contains only ASCII
> characters, sorting it sounds no different to sorting an "int
> []".
Hmm... this doesn't work either:
import std.algorithm;
import std.utf;
void main () {
char [] c;
sort (c.byCodeUnit);
}
But IMO it should.
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