D1->D2 member call syntax regression?

[Jonathan M Davis]

On Tuesday, July 27, 2010 16:25:28 Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> In converting some D1 code to D2, I noticed this doesn't seem to work
> anymore:
> 
> module mymodule;
> class Foo()
> {
>     void bar(string s) {...}
> 
>     void foo()
>     {
>         string str = "hello";
>         str.bar();
>     }
> }
> 
> In D1 that works fine, but in D2 (2.047) it complains that it can't find
> "mymodule.bar". That's a bit dissapointing, as I keep hoping member call
> syntax will eventually get expanded, not reduced. Is this a bug, or is
> there some reason for it?

It looks more like a bug fix to me given that the first parameter to bar() is the 
invisible this rather than a string, but since I've never used D1, I certainly 
can't compare what it does to D2.

- Jonathan M Davis