dtrace discuss - Aug 2006 - Use of "inline" as printf format

Anybody know why this D program:

inline string s = "abc";
BEGIN
{
   printf (s);
   exit(0);
}

generates this error?

dtrace: failed to compile script inl.d: line 5: printf( ) argument #1 is 
incompatible with prototype:
        prototype: string constant
         argument: string

I thought inlines, resolvable to a constant value at compile time, 
became actual constants.

Thanks,
Chip

> Anybody know why this D program:
> 
> inline string s = "abc";
> BEGIN
> {
>    printf (s);
>    exit(0);
> }
> 
> generates this error?
> 
> dtrace: failed to compile script inl.d: line 5: printf( ) argument #1 is 
> incompatible with prototype:
>         prototype: string constant
>          argument: string
> 
> I thought inlines, resolvable to a constant value at compile time, 
> became actual constants.
> 
> Thanks,
> Chip
Chip,

Indeed they could be treated as such by the printf code, but as you''ve
observed the compiler isn''t yet doing so.  I''ll open a bug on
this for you.
Sorry if it caused any confusion,

-Mike

-- 
Mike Shapiro, Solaris Kernel Development. blogs.sun.com/mws/