Tests pass when garbage collection is disabled

Makefile

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ $(BIN): $(OBJ)
 
 check: $(BIN)
 	$(info running tests...)
-	$(BIN)
+	$(BIN) "--DRT-gcopt=gc:precise disable:1 cleanup:none"
 
 clean:
 	rm -vf $(OBJ)

README.md

@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ throughput data formats by provifing fast and easy to use native BAM
 file reader and writer with ability to iterate a BAM file a read at a
 time,a nucleotide at a time (pileup) or via a sliding window.
 
+Note the current Bamreader bails out on recent versions of the LDC
+compiler. See also https://github.com/biod/BioD/issues/53
 
 ## Install
 

test/unittests.d

@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ unittest {
     fn = buildPath(dirName(__FILE__), "data", "corrupted_zlib_archive.bam");
     import bio.core.utils.zlib;
     assertThrown!ZlibException(walkLength((new BamReader(fn)).reads));
-
     // stderr.writeln("Testing random access...");
+
     fn = buildPath(dirName(__FILE__), "data", "bins.bam");
     bf = new BamReader(fn);
 
@@ -184,6 +184,12 @@ unittest {
         compareWithNaiveApproach(i, i + 100);
     }
 
+    // Time to kick in GC
+    import core.memory;
+    stderr.writeln("**** Calling GC");
+    GC.collect();
+    stderr.writeln("**** Past calling GC");
+
     {
         auto fst_offset_tiny = bf["tiny"].startVirtualOffset();
         auto fst_offset_small = bf["small"].startVirtualOffset();