[Issue 12083] New: std.path.absolutePath doesn't accept mutable strings

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https://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=12083

           Summary: std.path.absolutePath doesn't accept mutable strings
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Phobos
        AssignedTo: nobody at puremagic.com
        ReportedBy: andrej.mitrovich at gmail.com


--- Comment #0 from Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrovich at gmail.com> 2014-02-05 07:14:08 PST ---
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import std.path;

void main()
{
    char[] path = ".".dup;
    auto abs = path.absolutePath;
}
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$ dmd test.d
> test.d(8): Error: function std.path.absolutePath (string path, lazy string base = getcwd()) is not callable using argument types (char[])

I think absolutePath should probably be typed as this or something similar:

inout(char)[] absolutePath(inout(char)[] path, lazy inout(char)[] base =
getcwd())

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