Is it possible to modify shared struct array in a function.

[Arun Chandrasekaran]

On Friday, 8 February 2019 at 04:13:39 UTC, Sudhi wrote:
> I have a situation, where i want to modify a shared variable in 
> a function. Something like below
>
> struct Company
> {
>     string name;
>     string location;
> }
>
> struct Racks
> {
>     int number;
>     int location;
> }
>
> struct Metadata
> {
>     string name;
>     Company[] companies;
>     Racks[] racks;
> }
>
> struct Item
> {
>     Metadata met;
>     int count;
> }
>
> shared (Item) item
>
> void main()
> {
>    updateMetadata()
> }
>
> void updateMetadata()
> {
>    Company company;
>    company.name = "Hello";
>    company.location = "Bangalore";
>    item.met.companies ~= company;
> }
>
> Compiler throws me error in last line for appending as below.
>
> "cannot append type Metadata to type shared(Metadata[])".
>
> Please let me know if there is a way to acheive this.
>
> Thanks,
> Sudhi

Works fine for me with DMD64 D Compiler v2.083.1. 
https://run.dlang.io/is/RRM8GU