Variable assignment

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That was exactly my problem! Now, why did it work with dmd 1.00 and not 1.006+? Did the method change within that time? I don't remember having to do this before.

Derek Parnell Wrote:

> This sounds like you are doing this, in effect.
> 
>   char[] var1;
>   char[] var2;
> 
>   var1 = filename;
>   . . .
>   filename = something;
>   . . .
>   var2 = filename;
>   . . .
>   // Now var1 == var2;
> 
> If so, then remember that assigning to an array only makes both arrays
> point to the same data in RAM. If you later change that source array in a
> way that doesn't make it allocate new RAM, you still have both vars
> pointing to the same RAM.
> 
> Try ".dup" if you really need to assign data from an array rather than copy
> the reference.
> 
>   char[] var1;
>   char[] var2;
> 
>   var1 = filename.dup;
>   . . .
>   filename = something.dup;
>   . . .
>   var2 = filename.dup;
>   . . .
>   // Now var1 != var2;
> 
> -- 
> Derek Parnell
> Melbourne, Australia
> "Justice for David Hicks!"
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