using text from a socket

barrett Joined: 07/27/09 Posts: 1

Posted: 07/27/09 18:13:02 char[] output(SocketConduit s) { char[64] a; int i= s.input.read (a);; char[] b = a[0..i]; Stdout(b); return b; } when I run this method, it prints out the response from the socket, but if I return the array and then print it out, the output is only symbols. any idea how I can alter this to make it work?

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torhu Joined: 03/31/06 Posts: 69	Posted: 07/27/09 18:40:03 a is stack allocated, you have to copy it to the heap to be able to return a reference to it. Try this: char[] output(SocketConduit s) { char[64] a; int i= s.input.read (a); return a[0..i].dup; }
kris Joined: 03/27/04 Posts: 581	Posted: 07/27/09 18:44:20 alternatively, pass a response buffer into the function: char[] output(SocketConduit s, char[] tmp) { // read into tmp, return a slice of it }