Inconsitency

[deadalnix]

On Sunday, 13 October 2013 at 22:34:00 UTC, Temtaime wrote:
> I've found another one inconsitency problem.
>
> void foo(const char *);
> void foo(const wchar *);
> void foo(const dchar *);
>
> void main() {
> 	foo(`123`);
> 	foo(`123`w);
> 	foo(`123`d);
> }
>
> Error: function hello.foo (const(char*)) is not callable using 
> argument types (immutable(wchar)[])
> Error: function hello.foo (const(char*)) is not callable using 
> argument types (immutable(dchar)[])
>
> And typeof(`123`).stringof == `string`. Why `123` can be stored 
> as null terminated utf8 string in rdata segment and `123`w nor 
> `123`d are not? For example wide strings(utf16) are usable with 
> windows *W functions.

The first one is made to interface with C. It is a special case.