struct init() method

[Alex Rønne Petersen]

On 25-02-2012 05:05, bearophile wrote:
> This program comes from a reduction of a bug I've found:
>
>
> struct Foo {
>      void init() {}
> }
> void main() {
>      Foo*[] foos;
>      //(*foos[0]).init(); // OK
>      foos[0].init(); // Error: function expected before (), not null of type Foo*
> }
>
>
> What do you think about the idea of not allowing methods named init() in structs? (Especially if they are a @property). Or maybe there is a better solution, opinions welcome.
>
> Bye,
> bearophile

IMHO we shouldn't allow having *any* members that use the same name as 
any of the compiler-provided properties/functions.

-- 
- Alex