Calling C function with static array includes length and pointer
torhu
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Mon Jun 21 15:00:27 PDT 2010
On 21.06.2010 23:30, mwarning wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I try to pass a static array to a variadic C function.
> Looks like the array is passed by values as expected,
> but the length and pointer are prepended, too.
> Is this intentional or a bug?
>
> http://pastebin.com/6ejFF37j
I believe this works as intended. And arrays in D 1 are *not* passed by
value, ie. the data is not copied.
From www.digitalmars.com/d/1.0/arrays.html:
"a string literal is passed as a (length,pointer) combination to
variadic parameters"
In other words, use stack.ptr if you want just the pointer.
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