Cannot deduce from type
Chris via Digitalmars-d-learn
digitalmars-d-learn at puremagic.com
Mon Sep 22 08:11:29 PDT 2014
On Monday, 22 September 2014 at 15:00:09 UTC, anonymous wrote:
> On Monday, 22 September 2014 at 14:45:31 UTC, Chris wrote:
>> Why is that?
>>
>> import std.stdio, std.array
>>
>> void main() {
>> auto output = appender!(string);
>> output ~= "world!";
>> // output.data.insertInPlace(0, "Hello, "); // Doesn't work
>> auto asString = output.data;
>> asString.insertInPlace(0, "Hello, "); // Works
>> writeln(asString); // prints "Hello, world!"
>> }
>>
>> Error: template std.array.insertInPlace cannot deduce function
>> from argument types !()(string, int, string), candidates are:
>> .dvm/compilers/dmd-2.066.0/linux/bin/../../src/phobos/std/array.d(1031):
>> std.array.insertInPlace(T, U...)(ref T[] array, size_t
>> pos, U stuff) if (!isSomeString!(T[]) &&
>> allSatisfy!(isInputRangeOrConvertible!T, U) && U.length > 0)
>> .dvm/compilers/dmd-2.066.0/linux/bin/../../src/phobos/std/array.d(1097):
>> std.array.insertInPlace(T, U...)(ref T[] array, size_t
>> pos, U stuff) if (isSomeString!(T[]) &&
>> allSatisfy!(isCharOrStringOrDcharRange, U))
>
> output.data is a method returning a string. That is, the
> returned
> string is not an lvalue, it doesn't have an address, it cannot
> be passed in a ref parameter. But insertInPlace's first
> parameter
> is ref. So, no can do.
I see. Thanks.
> Also note that `writeln(output.data);` prints "world!" without
> "Hello, ".
Because I only append "world!" to it. You would have to print the
variable "asString" to get "Hello, world!"
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