opIn_r not detected

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 07:59:06 -0500, spir <denis.spir at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Implicite deref of struct pointers on member access works fine for data,  
> methods, even special methods with language semantics like opEquals (see  
> example below).
> But I cannot have 'in' work with method opIn_r. I get:
>      Error: rvalue of in expression must be an associative array, not S*
> What do I have wrong? Or is it a bug: the compiler does not even search  
> the struct for opIn_r? But then, why does it do it for opEquals?
>
> Denis
>
> struct S {
>      int i;
>      void show() { writeln(i); }
>      const bool opEquals (ref const(S) s) {
>          writeln("==");
>          return (i == s.i);
>      }
>      bool opIn_r (int j) { return (i==j); }
> }
> unittest {
>      S* sp = &(S(1));
>      writeln(sp.i);
>      sp.show();
>      S s2 = S(1);
>      writeln(sp == s2);
>      writeln(1 in sp);
> }
>

There is a bug in the compiler that the message says associative array is  
required.  There is a bugzilla issue somewhere on that...

But it does look like it should work, I'd file a separate bugzilla on the  
opIn_r not working.

-Steve