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Bug 514 – Misleading error message for static const initialisation

Status: RESOLVED
Resolution: FIXED
Severity: trivial
Priority: P5
Component: dmd
Product: D
Version: D1 (retired)
Platform: x86
OS: Windows
Creation time: 2006-11-15T06:15:00Z
Last change time: 2014-02-15T13:20:14Z
Keywords: diagnostic
Assigned to: bugzilla
Creator: matti.niemenmaa+dbugzilla

Comments

Comment #0 by matti.niemenmaa+dbugzilla — 2006-11-15T06:15:12Z

class C { static const int x; this() { x = 2; } } The above code errors out with "Error: can only initialize const x inside constructor". This is rather unclear, as x _is_ being initialised inside a constructor. The compiler should notify that the variable is static and thus needs to be initialised in a static constructor.

Comment #1 by matti.niemenmaa+dbugzilla — 2006-12-03T03:42:33Z

Fixed in DMD 0.176.