Is there something special required to use Appender.clear

[bauss]

On Tuesday, 27 March 2018 at 12:17:58 UTC, Ellie Harper wrote:
> Sorry if this is a stupid question, but is there something 
> special required to call Appender.clear?  When I attempt even 
> just a simple use I am getting compile errors relating to 
> `template object.clear`.
>
> When I try:
>
>     import std.array;
>
>     void main(string[] args){
>       auto foo = appender!string;
>       foo.clear;
>     }
>
> I receive the following output:
>
>     $ ldc2 source/tmp.d
>     source/tmp.d(5): Error: template object.clear cannot deduce 
> function from argument types !()(Appender!string), candidates 
> are:
>     /usr/local/include/d/ldc/object.d(2041):        
> object.clear(T : Value[Key], Value, Key)(T aa)
>     /usr/local/include/d/ldc/object.d(2046):        
> object.clear(T : Value[Key], Value, Key)(T* aa)
>
>     $ dmd source/tmp.d
>     source/tmp.d(5): Error: template object.clear cannot deduce 
> function from argument types !()(Appender!string), candidates 
> are:
>     /usr/include/dmd/druntime/import/object.d(1983):        
> object.clear(T : Value[Key], Value, Key)(T aa)
>     /usr/include/dmd/druntime/import/object.d(1988):        
> object.clear(T : Value[Key], Value, Key)(T* aa)
>
>
> versions:
>
>     $ dmd --version
>     DMD64 D Compiler v2.078.0
>     Copyright (c) 1999-2017 by The D Language Foundation 
> written by Walter Bright
>
>     $ ldc2 --version
>     LDC - the LLVM D compiler (1.8.0git-921bb7f):
>       based on DMD v2.078.3 and LLVM 4.0.1
>       built with DMD64 D Compiler v2.078.0
>
>
> Is there something I am missing here?
>
> Thanks

I would say that's a bug, because it seems like it's trying to 
get the clear() function used for associative arrays.