Re: Type inference oddity with this_program

Isn't /this_program/ a function (as is /this_object/, but not /this/, which isn't?) 

Try making it a function call and it should work just fine. 

Bill

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> On Apr 8, 2014, at 4:58 AM, Chris Angelico <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Example code:
> 
> constant label_xyz="XYZ";
> int main()
> {
>    foreach (indices(this_program),string const)
>    {
>        //program me=this_program; write("%O\n",me[const]);
>        write("%O\n",this_program[const]);
>    }
> }
> 
> This produces the following error:
> 
> thisprog.pike:8:Indexing on illegal type.
> thisprog.pike:8:Got     : function( : object(is
> program(/home/rosuav/thisprog.pike))).
> thisprog.pike:8:Index   : string.
> Pike: Failed to compile script.
> 
> If the program is retained in a separate variable (see the
> commented-out alternative), it works fine, and correctly fetches up
> the value of the constant. Using this[const] also works fine. But
> this_program[const], for some reason, is thought to be looking at a
> function (which it kinda is; calling a program will return an object
> of that type, so the signature is more-or-less right).
> 
> This oddity is visible on Pike 7.8.700 on Windows and 8.0.1 on Linux.
> 
> Is this a bug, or am I misunderstanding this_program?
> 
> ChrisA