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Issue 4772 - DMD allows "dereferencing" arrays as if it were a pointer to first element
Summary: DMD allows "dereferencing" arrays as if it were a pointer to first element
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of issue 3990
Alias: None
Product: D
Classification: Unclassified
Component: dmd (show other issues)
Version: D2
Hardware: Other Windows
: P2 normal
Assignee: No Owner
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Keywords: accepts-invalid
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Reported: 2010-08-31 04:32 UTC by Koroskin Denis
Modified: 2012-01-29 03:37 UTC (History)
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Description Koroskin Denis 2010-08-31 04:32:44 UTC 
import std.stdio;
void main()
{
    string foo = "foo";
    int[] bar = [ 42 ];

    writeln(*foo, *bar); // prints "f42"
}

I don't think this is intended and should be disallowed.
Comment 1 bearophile_hugs 2010-08-31 10:31:28 UTC 
See bug 3990
Comment 2 yebblies 2012-01-29 03:37:16 UTC 

*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of issue 3990 ***