[Vala] Is this a bug in VALA ?

[pancake <pancake youterm com>]

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> From: pancake <pancake youterm com>
> Date: September 12, 2009 11:05:27 AM GMT+02:00
> To: Arkadi Viner <arkashkin gmail com>
> Subject: Re: [Vala] Is this a bug in VALA ?

> On Sep 6, 2009, at 4:12 PM, Arkadi Viner <arkashkin gmail com> wrote:
>
> > Hello.
> > I am trying to split a string into two strings.
> > The string should be split-ed by locating a first space character  
> > from the
> > left.
> > Please look at a simple code I made:
> >
> > public class Main
> > {
> > public static int main (string[] args)
> > {
> >     long index = 0;
> >     string col1,col2;
> >     string line = "happy doggy";
> >     for(;index<=line.len();index++)
> >           if(line[index] == ' ') break;
> >     col1 = line.substring(0,index);
> >     col2 = line.substring(index+1,line.len());
> >
> >     stdout.printf ("Line - %s\n", line);
> >     stdout.printf ("index - %f ,Len() - f%\n" ,index,line.len());
> >     stdout.printf ("Col1 - %s ,Col2 - s%\n" ,col1,col2);
> >   return 0;
> > }
> > }
> >
> > *When I compile this code I get:*
> >
> > /home/arkadi/Bug/main.vala.c: In function ‘main_main’:
> > /home/arkadi/Bug/main.vala.c:113: warning: unknown conversion type  
> > character
> > 0xa in format
> > /home/arkadi/Bug/main.vala.c:114: warning: unknown conversion type  
> > character
> > 0xa in format
>
> Hehe . I think that vala here should display the aliased character  
> instead of the hex value. ('\n') This way the error would be more  
> consistent.. But yeah this code is awful
>
> > <b>Process return 0  execution time: 0.674968 s</b>
> >
> > *When I run this code I get:*
> >
> > Line - happy doggy
> > <b>Process return 0  execution time: 0.008026 s</b>
> > index - 5.000000 ,Len() - f%
> > ** (process:7502): CRITICAL **: string_substring: assertion ` 
> > (offset + len)
> > &lt;= string_length' failed
> > Col1 - happy ,Col2 - s%
> >
> > You can see that, It finds the place where to split the string very  
> > well
> > (5.000000) and col1="happy"
> > ,but for the second part, line.Len() = f% and col2 = s%...
> > I have tried to change line.len()   to numbers, but it's not the  
> > problem...
> > How to get col2="doggy" ???
> > Maybe some one know what is the problem with this code? or maybe it  
> > is
> > really a bug?
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