Problems with array handles

[Don Clugston]

Rick Mann wrote:
> I'm having some issues dealing with array handles. For example, if I write this:
> 
> 	static EventTypeSpec[1] events =
> 	[
> 		{ EventClass.kEventClassWindow, kEventWindowBoundsChanged }
> 	];
> 	writefln("events: 0x%x", events);
> 
> And execute the code, I get a Bus Error down inside writefln().
> 
> According to the language specification here (http://www.digitalmars.com/d/arrays.html), that seems like a perfectly reasonable thing to do, as well as the next thing, below.
> 
> If I write this:
> 
> 	static EventTypeSpec[1] events =
> 	[
> 		{ EventClass.kEventClassWindow, kEventWindowBoundsChanged }
> 	];
> 	EventTypeSpec* p = events;     //  <--- error here
> 	writefln("events: 0x%x", p);
> 
> I get a compile error on the line marked above:
> 
> src/test/d/darbon/tests/GrabBag.d:74: Error: cannot implicitly convert expression (events) of type EventTypeSpec [1] to EventTypeSpec *
> 
> 
> This is using GDC based on DMD 1.00.
> 
> Sorry for all the questions, but I keep stumbling over things that I wouldn't expect to give me trouble.
> 
Try:
  events.ptr
BTW, this really belongs in the 'learn' ng.