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Issue 23635 - Nonsensical "`case` must be a `string` or an integral constant, not `x`"
Summary: Nonsensical "`case` must be a `string` or an integral constant, not `x`"
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: D
Classification: Unclassified
Component: dmd (show other issues)
Version: D2
Hardware: All All
: P4 minor
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Keywords: pull
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Reported: 2023-01-16 13:50 UTC by Dennis
Modified: 2023-01-21 21:34 UTC (History)
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Description Dennis 2023-01-16 13:50:26 UTC 
```
void main()
{
    immutable string x, y;
    switch (y) {
        case x: break;
        default: break;
    }
}
```

> onlineapp.d(6): Error: `case` must be a `string` or an integral constant, not `x`

x is a string in this case, so the error is nonsensical.
Comment 1 Dlang Bot 2023-01-21 16:06:18 UTC 
@ntrel created dlang/dmd pull request #14840 "Fix Issue 23635 - Nonsensical "`case` must be a `string` or an integr…" fixing this issue:

- Fix Issue 23635 - Nonsensical "`case` must be a `string` or an integral constant, not `x`"

https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/14840
Comment 2 Dlang Bot 2023-01-21 21:34:15 UTC 
dlang/dmd pull request #14840 "Fix Issue 23635 - Nonsensical "`case` must be a `string` or an integr…" was merged into master:

- e1938d27555ca034b6eaa10be827fedce1031b81 by Nick Treleaven:
  Fix Issue 23635 - Nonsensical "`case` must be a `string` or an integral constant, not `x`"

https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/14840