defining in a module symbols for export

[spir]

On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:20:07 -0500
Jesse Phillips <jessekphillips+D at gmail.com> wrote:

> spir Wrote:
> 
> 
> > === mod.d ==
> > import std.stdio;
> > 
> > struct S {
> >     int i;
> >     void speak() {writeln("i: ",this.i);}
> > }
> > === __trials__.d ===
> > import mod;
> > 
> > auto s = S();
> > s.speak();
> > s.i = 1;
> > writeln(s.i);
> > 
> > void main () {
> > }
> 
> Others have answered how to initialize variables, but haven't explained the compilation error. A simple example of what you are doing wrong is:
> 
> import std.stdio;
> 
> writeln("foo");
> 
> void main () {
> }
> 
> How are you to execute writeln()? You probably wouldn't try this under normal conditions, but is what you are trying to do. You can place it in a static this constructor:
> 
> import std.stdio;
> 
> static this() { writeln("foo"); }
> 
> void main () {
> }
> 
> Note you can move the calls into main and it compiles fine:
> 
> void main () {
> s.speak();
> s.i = 1;
> writeln(s.i);
> }
> 

Right. Seems I may put the whole parser definition into static this(). I'll try it. Will work if symbols defined in there are available for export.


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