The question is as stated: can a struct be copied by its const
method? I'd expect the answer to be the same for any struct, but
the following two examples say different. I'm using DMD 2.063.2
on Windows.
Example 1. Struct containing an int. Postblit added to resemble
Example 2 closely.
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int f (int val) {return val;}
struct Struct
{
int val;
this (this) {val = f (val);}
void make_copy () const {dest = this;}
}
Struct dest;
void main () { }
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Example 2. Struct containing a dynamic array.
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struct Struct
{
int [] arr;
this (this) {arr = arr.dup;}
void make_copy () const {dest = this;}
}
Struct dest;
void main () { }
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Example 1 compiles fine, but Example 2 gives an error:
arrs.d(12): Error: function arrs.Struct.opAssign (Struct p) is
not callable using argument types (const(Struct))
Is that forbidden on purpose? If so, why? Removing the postblit
does not help (and breaks the intent to make a full copy).
Workaround 1 is to make a cast:
void make_copy () const {dest = cast (Struct) this;}
Workaround 2 is to remove const-ness:
void make_copy () {dest = this;}
In my larger program, Workaround 1 leads to errors, while
Workaround 2 works as intended. However, I don't yet have a
minimal example of that, so that may be my own bug. Anyway, am I
doing the cast right?
Ivan Kazmenko.
