readf doesn't work with arrays

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code (@MartinNowak) reported this on 2013-05-10T13:37:58Z

Transfered from https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10060

CC List

• alex.jercaianu

Description

import std.stdio;

void main()
{
    int[] s1;
    readf("%(%d,%)", &s1);
}

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Even though unformatRange works, this code fails to compile, because it can't instantiate std.conv.parse!(int[]) with a LockingTextWriter.

https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/phobos/blob/2613bc8c3a7ad527ccdf58028765555392706ac9/std/format.d#L4043

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code (@MartinNowak) commented on 2013-05-10T22:50:33Z

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15987313/reading-an-array-of-elements-with-readf-in-d/16490650#16490650

[jdougan]

No wonder I can't find any real examples of compound specifier use.