missing HexString documentation
Ralph Doncaster
nerdralph at github.com
Thu Feb 8 18:42:25 UTC 2018
On Thursday, 8 February 2018 at 18:31:06 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 2/8/2018 5:26 AM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>> The extra data in the object file comes from the inclusion of
>> the hexStringImpl function, and from the template parameter
>> (the symbol
>> _D3std4conv__T9hexStringVAyaa8_6465616462656566ZQBiyAa is in
>> there as well, which will always be larger than the actual
>> string passed to hexString).
>>
>> I also see the data in there twice for some reason.
>
> This is no longer the case with the PR.
>
> import std.conv;
>
> void test() {
> __gshared immutable char[4] s = hexString!"deadbeef";
> }
>
> produces the following, with no sign of the template and the
> data is there only once:
>
> _DATA segment
> _D5test24testFZ1syG4a:
> db 0ffffffdeh,0ffffffadh,0ffffffbeh,0ffffffefh ;....
> _DATA ends
But it looks like they are all dchar, so 4x the space vs
x"deadbeef"?
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