UFCS from within classes

[Maxim Fomin]

On Monday, 9 September 2013 at 17:07:59 UTC, Gyron wrote:
> Hey there, I've experimented a little with UFCS today and ran 
> into a problem.
>
> My first question, which is kinda off-topic:
> Why does D use the int type if you give it a number started 
> with 0x(hex), shouldn't it use uint for that ?

It is not a bug, but a feature - see Decimal Literal Types table 
at http://dlang.org/lex.html

> Here comes the real question:
> I've extended the int by one function, which is the following 
> (just to represent the problem):
> public static T read(T)(int address)
> {
> 	return cast(T)1;
> }
>
> It works perfectly if the function stands alone (is global), 
> but it doesn't work if I put it into a class (because I want it 
> to be a bit more organized) like that:
> class CMemory
> {
> 	public static T read(T)(int address)
> 	{
> 		return cast(T)1;
> 	}
> }
>
> I'm not able to write something like:
> 0x1212.CMemory.read!bool();
>
>
> So the question is, how can I make it to be able to be used 
> like this:
> 0x1212.read!bool();
>
> but still organized within the class ?

class CMemory
{
         public static T read(T)(int address)
         {
                 return cast(T)1;
         }
}

alias CMemory.read!int CMread;

void main()
{
	 0.CMread();
}

You can also use alias CMemory.read CMread; plus 0.CMread!int();