no [] operator overload for type Chunks!(char[])
Malte
no at valid.mail
Wed May 30 21:41:58 UTC 2018
On Wednesday, 30 May 2018 at 21:27:44 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
> On 05/30/2018 02:19 PM, Malte wrote:
>> Why does this code complain at the last line about a missing
>> [] operator overload?
>>
>> auto buffer = new char[6];
>> auto chunked = buffer.chunks(3);
>> chunked[1][2] = '!';
>>
>> Same happens with wchar.
>> Dchar and byte work as expected.
>
> UTF-8 auto decoding strikes again. :)
>
> Even though the original container is char[], passing it
> through Phobos algorithms generated range of dchar. The thing
> is, those dchar elements are generated (decoded from chars) "on
> the fly" as one iterates over the range. Which means, there is
> no array of dchar to speak of, so there is no random access.
>
> Ali
I see. Not what I would have expected, but makes sense for people
working with UTF-8 strings.
Thanks for the fast answer.
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