--- a/dwtx/jface/text/rules/PatternRule.d	Wed Aug 27 14:49:30 2008 +0200
+++ b/dwtx/jface/text/rules/PatternRule.d	Mon Sep 08 00:51:37 2008 +0200
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
      */
     private static class DecreasingCharArrayLengthComparator : Comparator {
         public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
-            return ((char[]) o2).length - ((char[]) o1).length;
+            return stringcast( o2).length - stringcast( o1).length;
         }
     }
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     /** The pattern's end sequence */
     protected char[] fEndSequence;
     /** The pattern's column constrain */
-    protected int fColumn= UNDEFINED;
+    protected int fColumn;
     /** The pattern's escape character */
     protected char fEscapeCharacter;
     /**
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
      * Line delimiter comparator which orders according to decreasing delimiter length.
      * @since 3.1
      */
-    private Comparator fLineDelimiterComparator= new DecreasingCharArrayLengthComparator();
+    private Comparator fLineDelimiterComparator;
     /**
      * Cached line delimiters.
      * @since 3.1
@@ -125,9 +125,12 @@
      * @param breaksOnEOL indicates whether the end of the line also terminates the pattern
      */
     public this(String startSequence, String endSequence, IToken token, char escapeCharacter, bool breaksOnEOL) {
+        fColumn= UNDEFINED;
+        fLineDelimiterComparator= new DecreasingCharArrayLengthComparator();
+
         Assert.isTrue(startSequence !is null && startSequence.length() > 0);
         Assert.isTrue(endSequence !is null || breaksOnEOL);
-        Assert.isNotNull(token);
+        Assert.isNotNull(cast(Object)token);
 
         fStartSequence= startSequence.toCharArray();
         fEndSequence= (endSequence is null ? new char[0] : endSequence.toCharArray());
@@ -256,7 +259,7 @@
         char[][] originalDelimiters= scanner.getLegalLineDelimiters();
         int count= originalDelimiters.length;
         if (fLineDelimiters is null || originalDelimiters.length !is count) {
-            fSortedLineDelimiters= new char[count][];
+            fSortedLineDelimiters= new char[][](count);
         } else {
             while (count > 0 && fLineDelimiters[count-1] is originalDelimiters[count-1])
                 count--;
@@ -294,7 +297,7 @@
             }
             readCount++;
         }
-        
+
         if (fBreaksOnEOF)
             return true;