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Problem with Typing String Constants #5

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DavePearce opened this issue Nov 3, 2016 · 2 comments
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Problem with Typing String Constants #5

DavePearce opened this issue Nov 3, 2016 · 2 comments
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The following fails to compile:

public export method test() :
    debug ""

The problem is that the string constant is given the jvm type of void.
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DavePearce commented Nov 3, 2016 •
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Right. The problem is that the WyIL type of the underlying constant is being inferred as void, which is produced from an array type with element type void.

What's the right solution to this problem?! There is no fix without changing the syntax of the language (which I am planning to do, btw)

@DavePearce DavePearce changed the title Problem with Typing Constants Problem with Typing String Constants Nov 3, 2016
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See here for reference:

Whiley/WhileyCompiler#692

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