589 – std.string.newline should be char[] not char[2]

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Issue 589 - std.string.newline should be char[] not char[2]

Summary: std.string.newline should be char[] not char[2]

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Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Alias:	None
Product:	D
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	phobos (show other issues)
Version:	D1 (retired)
Hardware:	x86 Windows
Importance :	P2 normal
Assignee:	Walter Bright
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Reported:	2006年11月23日 18:05 UTC by Bill Baxter
Modified:	2014年02月15日 13:28 UTC (History)
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Description Bill Baxter 2006年11月23日 18:05:22 UTC

std.string.newline is char[2], which means if you do 
 "astring"~newline
on a platform where newline is "\n" you'll get a lovely bonus Null character in your output.
It should either be made char[1] when it is one char, char[2] when it's not, or just char[] for all cases.

Comment 1 Matti Niemenmaa 2006年12月03日 04:04:08 UTC

Fixed in DMD 0.176 by making it char[1] when it's just \n.