segfaults

[Lars T. Kyllingstad]

On Mon, 03 May 2010 15:54:28 -0500, Ellery Newcomer wrote:

> Hello.
> 
> I'm trying to invoke a command inside d, and it returns a success code
> when the command in question segfaults.
> 
> any ideas?
> 
> // the caller
> import std.process;
> 
> int main(){
>      auto r = system("./test");
>      return(r);
> }
> 
> 
> //test.d
> import std.stdio;
> 
> void main()
> {
>      Object o;
>      writeln(o.toString());
> }

It's a null dereference.  What you're doing is essentially

  Object o = null;
  writeln(o.toString());

-Lars