#what is the difference between these characters in dlang ?
languid terrace
what is the difference between c and w and d in dlang they all have the same size and the all can represent unicodes ?
ornate osprey
UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32
they are encodings
for single characters char, wchar, dchar
they have much more limited ranges
and only dchar can represent all of Unicode using only one
languid terrace
so c w d are meant for char wchar and dchar only ?
ornate osprey
the suffixes are for specifying what encoding the compiler should put a string literal into
clear kiln
and only ``dchar`` can represent all of Unicode using only one
Isn't autodecoding such a miss because this isnot true?
ornate osprey
no, this is true
auto decoding is a problem because it does decode and hence change type
clear kiln
Oh...
languid terrace
what will the type be ?
timid elk
Sizeof is returning size of a slice
languid terrace
Sizeof is returning size of a slice
wait is it you who created a language on github ?
i saw you
languid terrace
the suffixes are for specifying what encoding the compiler should put a string l...
wait i don't understand what will the type be after using c or w or d ????
where should i use them ?
ornate osprey
you used string, which is UTF-8 encoded string
but the literal is UTF-16 which is wstring
languid terrace
so there are 3 types of string not one
ornate osprey
right
(w|d)string in D, is just a slice
pointer + length
its basically void*[2]
ornate osprey
the type is the slice
what value it stores has nothing to do with it
D isn't C, array literals (like strings) actually have its length at runtime
to get the length of a slice use .length
on the variable, not the type
languid terrace
sizeof gives the size of a type
length gives the number of characters in the string
sizeof and length are not the same
ornate osprey
indeed
languid terrace
ornate osprey
yeah you want .length
languid terrace
just to understand one thing bro
c
w
d
are only for
string
wstring
dstring
right ?
ornate osprey
yes
languid terrace
OK BRO THANKS
quaint reef
For the most part, you should avoid these suffixes. Just use string literals without a suffix unless the compiler complains.
They are only needed when you want to enforce a specific encoding.
timid elk
where is the difference ????????????????????
This is similar to taking sizeof of a pointer. You will get the size of the pointer, not what it points to.
rich belfry
if you did (cast(ubyte[]) "thing").length you'd see differences with the various stirng suffixe
somber glade
just to understand one thing bro
c
w
d
are only for
string
wstring
dstring
...
Try ```d
writeln(typeof(a[0]).sizeof);
writeln(typeof(b[0]).sizeof);
writeln(typeof(c[0]).sizeof);
The elements of the string have different sizes. Thats the difference.