On 01/30/2015 04:49 AM, Paul wrote:
> If I run the following example program from the 'Programming in
> D' book, the input doesn't 'get stuck' as stated in the book but
> instead produces the error message given. Have things changed
> since that part of the book was written or is it some other
> issue?
Apparently, things did change since then. I will change the text
accordingly. I would like to add you to the acknowledgments section if
you email your full name to acehr...@yahoo.com. Thank you...
> The version that uses " %s" in the call to readf works as
> expected.
>
>
> import std.stdio;
>
> void main(){
>
> write("How many students are there? ");
> int studentCount;
> readf("%s", &studentCount);
> write("How many teachers are there? ");
> int teacherCount;
> readf("%s", &teacherCount);
>
> writeln("Got it: There are ", studentCount, " students",
> " and ", teacherCount, " teachers.");
> }
>
> How many students are there? 67
> How many teachers are there? 5
> std.conv.ConvException@/usr/include/dmd/phobos/std/conv.d(1968):
> Unexpected '5' when converting from type LockingTextReader to
> type int
> ...
Not the best error message... Saying '5' is unexpected for 'int' is
confusing, right? Unfortunately, I can't come up with a good explanation
for that error message in the book. :)
Ali
