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Issue 14441 - Strange error with string ctor
Summary: Strange error with string ctor
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
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Product: D
Classification: Unclassified
Component: dmd (show other issues)
Version: D2
Hardware: All All
: P1 major
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Reported: 2015-04-12 12:37 UTC by Temtaime
Modified: 2020-03-21 03:56 UTC (History)
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Description Temtaime 2015-04-12 12:37:35 UTC 
auto s = string(`foo`);

Error: function expected before (), not string of type string

It should be accepted because all built-in types has a ctor.

For example auto a = int(10); works
Comment 1 basile-z 2019-03-20 22:35:52 UTC 
string is not a builtin type, it's an alias to an array, so the rule for uniform constructor call doesn't apply.