DMD 1.035 and 2.019 releases

[Walter Bright]

Max Samukha wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:42:06 -0700, Walter Bright
> <newshound1 at digitalmars.com> wrote:
> 
>> Struct constructors!
>>
>> http://www.digitalmars.com/d/1.0/changelog.html
>> http://ftp.digitalmars.com/dmd.1.035.zip
>>
>> http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/changelog.html
>> http://ftp.digitalmars.com/dmd.2.019.zip
> 
> Thanks! Two questions about the struct constructors:
> 
> 1. Why is there the limitation that the constructor list may not be
> empty? One problem with that rule is incorrect handling of a single
> parameter with a default value:
> 
>     struct S
>     {
>         this(int x = 1)
>         {
>             writefln("Ctor");
>         }
>     }
> 
>     S s = S();
> 
> The constructor is not called. Is such a parameter list considered
> empty or non-empty?

Empty.



> 2. How do constructiors affect static opCalls?
> 
> struct S
> {
> 	this(int x)
> 	{
> 	}
> 
> 	static void opCall(int x, int y)
> 	{
> 	}
> }
> 
> S s;
> s(1, 2); 
> 
> Error: constructor Test.main.S.this (int x) does not match parameter
> types (int,int)
> 
> 
> dmd seems to ignore static opCalls completely, if there is a
> constructor. Is it intended behavior?

Yes, that's exactly how it works.