Using an uninitialized structure

[Regan Heath]

B. Schulte wrote:
> Regan Heath Wrote:
> 
>> B. Schulte wrote:
>>> Regan Heath Wrote:
>>>
>>>> B. Schulte wrote:
>>>>> Regan Heath Wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Where is the definition of the CHAR_INFO structure?  Have you defined it 
>>>>>> in your code? eg.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> import std.c.windows.windows;
>>>>>>
>>>>>> extern(C)
>>>>>> {
>>>>>> 	struct CHAR_INFO {
>>>>>> 	    union _Char {
>>>>>> 		WCHAR UnicodeChar;
>>>>>> 		CHAR   AsciiChar;
>>>>>> 	    }
>>>>>> 	    _Char Char;
>>>>>> 	    WORD Attributes;
>>>>>> 	}
>>>>>> 	alias CHAR_INFO* PCHAR_INFO;
>>>>>> }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> void main()
>>>>>> {
>>>>>> 	CHAR_INFO buffer[];
>>>>>> 	buffer.length = 100;
>>>>>> 	foreach( inout CHAR_INFO ci; buffer ) { ci.Char.AsciiChar = ' '; 
>>>>>> ci.Attributes=7; }
>>>>>> }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regan
>>>>> Well, the CHAR_INFO structure is stored in the win32.wincon file. There was something I took from dsource to use the winAPI methods. 
>>>>>
>>>>> I didn't want to write in orginal files to fix a problem. I thought about fixing the problem somewhere else. (Don't modify the wincon.d)
>>>>>
>>>>> However, it still doesn't work.
>>>>> Error 42: Symbol Undefined _D5win326wincon9CHAR_INFO6__initZ
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> There must be some way to use uninitialized variables :(
>>>> There is, but I don't believe it has anything to do with the error 
>>>> you're getting. :)
>>>>
>>>> You are missing a symbol, the symbol you are missing is mangled in such 
>>>> a way that it is clear that it is a D symbol, which means you have 
>>>> defined CHAR_INFO as a D struct, instead of using extern (C) as I have 
>>>> shown you above.
>>>>
>>>> What dsource project is win32.wincon in?  Perhaps CHAR_INFO isn't 
>>>> declared as extern (C) in there...
>>>>
>>>> FYI, you can allocate an array of CHAR_INFO structures without 
>>>> initialising like this:
>>>>
>>>> CHAR_INFO[500] abuffer = void;
>>>>
>>>> this is a fixed length array however, perhaps not what you want?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regan
>>> Well, it really wasn't declared as extern(C). But I inserted it and declared it as extern(C). Don't know why, but it still don't work.
>>>
>>> Here is the dsource project:
>>> http://dsource.org/projects/core32
>> I can't see the win32.wincon file in the svn for that project:
>> http://dsource.org/projects/core32/browser/trunk/core32/win32
>>
>> I retract my comment about extern (C) I think maybe this has something 
>> to do with how you're compiling it, the command line you're using.
>>
>> Regan
> 
> Sorry, I was wrong. Here is the official Project page:
> http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?WindowsAPI

I thought it might be.

> However, here is my command line:
> 
> compiling:
> dmd [files] -c -O -op -D -debug -version=WindowsXP
> 
> linking:
> dmd [files] 

This works for me:

[charinfo.d]
import std.c.windows.windows;
import win32.wincon;

void main()
{
	CHAR_INFO[] buffer;
	CHAR_INFO[500] abuffer = void;
	buffer.length = 100;
	foreach( inout CHAR_INFO ci; buffer ) { ci.Char.AsciiChar = ' '; 
ci.Attributes=7; }
}

Compiled like so:

E:\D\src\tmp>dmd charinfo.d -c -O -op -D -debug -version=WindowsXP

E:\D\src\tmp>dmd e:\d\win32\win32\wincon.d -c -O -op -D -debug 
-version=WindowsXP

E:\D\src\tmp>dmd charinfo.obj e:\d\win32\win32\wincon.obj
E:\D\dmd\bin\..\..\dm\bin\link.exe 
charinfo+e:\d\win32\win32\wincon,,,user32+kernel32/noi;


Note, this fails giving the error you mentioned because I am not 
compiling and linking with wincon.d:

E:\D\src\tmp>dmd charinfo.d
E:\D\dmd\bin\..\..\dm\bin\link.exe charinfo,,,user32+kernel32/noi;
OPTLINK (R) for Win32  Release 7.50B1
Copyright (C) Digital Mars 1989 - 2001  All Rights Reserved

charinfo.obj(charinfo)
  Error 42: Symbol Undefined _D5win326wincon9CHAR_INFO6__initZ
--- errorlevel 1


If I include it in the compile and link, it works:

E:\D\src\tmp>dmd charinfo.d e:\d\win32\win32\wincon.d
E:\D\dmd\bin\..\..\dm\bin\link.exe charinfo+wincon,,,user32+kernel32/noi;

Regan