std.stdio.File is throwing with the message of: "Access Violation"

[Jesse Phillips]

On Thursday, 19 August 2021 at 13:47:56 UTC, Ruby The Roobster 
wrote:
> On Thursday, 19 August 2021 at 03:25:31 UTC, Jesse Phillips 
> wrote:
>  tell me what went wrong.  I am using DMD 2.097.2
>>:
>
> ```d
> case WM_CREATE: //Executed on creation of the window...
>    try   {
>       import core.stdc.stdio;
>       FILE* file;
>       file = fopen("file","r"); //NOTE: Replace 'file' with any 
> file on the system...
>       fclose(file);
>    }
>    catch(Throwable e)   {
>       MessageBoxA(null,cast(const(char)*)e.msg,"ERROR",MB_OK | 
> MB_ICONERROR);
>    }
> ```
> This works, no Message Box should be displayed(Note: use 
> 2.097.2, this is the version I am using, and I don't know about 
> if this same bug happens on earlier versions).
>
> Now do this:
>
> ```d
> case WM_CREATE:
>    try   {
>       import std.stdio;
>       File file = File("file","r");  //NOTE: Again, replace 
> 'file' with any file on the system...
>       file.close();
>    }
>    catch(Throwable e)   {
>       MessageBoxA(null, cast(const(char)*)e.msg, "ERROR", MB_OK 
> | MB_ICONERROR);
> }
> ```
>
> For me, this code generates the Message Box. Does this happen 
> for you?

I don't have a good means to run with this, but it does not look 
like what I suggested.