Bug 14351 – [REG2.063] `inout` base class constructor can't be called

This code should compile fine: --- class B { this(inout int[]) inout { } } class D1: B { this(int[] arr) { super(arr); } } class D2: B { this(const int[] arr) const { super(arr); } } class D3: B { this(inout int[] arr) inout { super(arr); } } --- main.d(8): Error: inout constructor main.B.this creates mutable object, not mutable main.d(13): Error: inout constructor main.B.this creates const object, not const main.d(18): Error: inout constructor main.B.this creates inout object, not inout ---

This compiled in 2.062, and was broken by this pull request: https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dmd/pull/1726

What is purpose of inout ctors ? In such example you could declare only ctor with « const int » - so int implicitly converts to const. Maybe most of attributes(const, inout, ...) on ctors should be forbidden ?

Commits pushed to master at https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dmd https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dmd/commit/e4fd82893f9b2f7ff1bc1580ea5553a2752be9df fix Issue 14351 - `inout` base class constructor can't be called https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dmd/commit/e801243f6e20fc7dd8a24100433878662e906b17 Merge pull request #4705 from 9rnsr/fix14351 [REG2.063] Issue 14351 - `inout` base class constructor can't be called

Commits pushed to stable at https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dmd https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dmd/commit/e4fd82893f9b2f7ff1bc1580ea5553a2752be9df fix Issue 14351 - `inout` base class constructor can't be called https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dmd/commit/e801243f6e20fc7dd8a24100433878662e906b17 Merge pull request #4705 from 9rnsr/fix14351