Strange vibe.d build error

[H. S. Teoh]

On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 10:04:29PM +0000, WebFreak001 via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> On Thursday, 21 December 2017 at 21:10:39 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> > After pulling from vibe.d git master today, my vibe.d project
> > doesn't compile anymore. `dub build` dies with:
> > 
> > 	/usr/src/d/vibe.d/stream/vibe/stream/memory.d(56,42): Error:
> > constructor vibe.utils.array.AllocAppender!(ubyte[],
> > ubyte).AllocAppender.this (IAllocator alloc, ubyte[] initial_buffer
> > = null) is not callable using argument types (IAllocator)
> > 
> > No idea where to even start looking, because the error message
> > doesn't make sense. The ctor is stated to take an IAllocator as
> > first parameter, and an optional second parameter defaulting to
> > null. So why does calling the ctor with an instance of IAllocator
> > fail?!
> > 
> > 
> > --T
> 
> have you tried `dub upgrade && dub build --force` yet and pulled potential
> submodules?

Hmm, that seemed to do the trick. Thanks!

But still, that error message is exceedingly unhelpful.  If possible I'd
love to track it down and file an enhancement to improve the error
message.


T

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