I'd like this code to work: import std.algorithm: sort; void main() { const data = [1, 5, 2].sort(); auto len = data.length; } DMD 2.063alpha gives: temp.d(4): Error: mutable method std.range.SortedRange!(int[], "a < b").SortedRange.length is not callable using a const object
(In reply to comment #0) > I'd like this code to work: > > > import std.algorithm: sort; > void main() { > const data = [1, 5, 2].sort(); > auto len = data.length; > } > > > DMD 2.063alpha gives: > > temp.d(4): Error: mutable method std.range.SortedRange!(int[], "a < > b").SortedRange.length is not callable using a const object Additionally `contains`, and probably `lowerBound`, `equalRange`, and `upperBound`.
This is easy to fix in the library, but we'd need special code to handle it correctly, which would need to be duplicated for every function. Once Issue 7521 is implemented, it will be solved automatically (the const will be inferred, when possible).
I ran into this in a post condition code: import std.algorithm; auto foo() out (result; result.length == 1) { // <-- ERROR return [ 0 ].sort; } void main() { } Error: mutable method `std.range.SortedRange!(int[], "a < b").SortedRange.length` is not callable using a `const` object Consider adding `const` or `inout` to std.range.SortedRange!(int[], "a < b").SortedRange.length Ali
I got similar issues with constness, in other cirumstances. `opIndex` and `opSlice` could be made const too, if they return const range or SortedRange, and underlying Range is const. I have a method like this: void search(Range, T)(in T[] needles, in SortedRange!(Range) haystack, long[] ret, const long index_offset) { it is called as search(needles, assumeSorted(kaystack), ret, 0); but the body of this function does pose issues: search.d:67:7: error: mutable method std.range.SortedRange!(const(int)[], "a < b").SortedRange.length is not callable using a const object 67 | if (haystack.length == 0) { | ^ search.d:83:17: error: mutable method std.range.SortedRange!(const(int)[], "a < b").SortedRange.opIndex is not callable using a const object 83 | if (haystack[i] == needles[j]) { This is with gdc 9.3.0-11 and libgphobos76 9.3.0-11. It looks like automatic inference of const methods, or specialization of const and non-const (at the cost of repeating the same code twice) is required to make it work.
Same issue with `SortedRange.trisect` too.
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