struct init() method

[H. S. Teoh]

On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 01:23:21PM +0100, Alex Rønne Petersen wrote:
> 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.
[...]

Agreed.


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