Searching the digitalmars webpage
Ary Borenszweig
ary at esperanto.org.ar
Wed Jan 30 06:40:16 PST 2008
Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
> "Ary Borenszweig" <ary at esperanto.org.ar> wrote in message
> news:fnpr6g$4sb$1 at digitalmars.com...
>> I've already found it. But, for example, you can use opCall with classes.
>> Why opCall isn't also explained in "Classes"?
>
> Because it's only with structs does "static opCall" have any special
> meaning. They are structs' version of constructors. With classes, "static
> opCall" isn't anything special, it just lets you call the class type as if
> it were a function.
So it is used by the compiler. :-)
The compiler doesn't ever use it.
>
>> Another example: I want to see how to implement opApply correctly. I must
>> enter "Statements", go to the "foreach" section, and there it is. I know
>> this because I tried several links before I found it. Is there an index of
>> keywords and concepts? It would be much simple to find something with it.
>
> Try the wiki? Click the comments button at the top-right. In fact, on the
> "operator overloading" page the very first thing in the wiki is "why isn't
> opApply listed and where is it documented?" ;)
>
> I know, not exactly what you were looking for, but the wiki often provides
> extra, more intelligent links between sections of the docs.
Thanks, I'll use that if I think something is in a page but it's not.
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