inout/out static array parameter

[Derek Parnell]

On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 03:02:22 +0000 (UTC), Tom wrote:

> Why is this illegal? Where does the documentation states this?
> Does it have something to do with the matter that int[10] is allocated onto the
> stack? Sometimes I think D losses its abstraction capability when one has to be
> concerned about this kind of differences.
> 
> 5# void f(inout int[10] x) 
> 6# { 
> 7# 	x[0..$] = 99; 
> 8# }
> 
> test.d(5): cannot have out or inout parameter of type int[10]

I cannot see why D should be upset with this. The implementation would be
just be passing the address of the int[10] array, just as it does for 'in'
parameters. In conceptual terms, it is identical to this, which D does
allow ...

struct X
{
    int[10] x;
}
void f(inout X q)
{
	q.x[0..$] = 99;
}


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22/02/2006 2:07:00 PM