struct, ref in, and UFCS

[Puming via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Tuesday, 1 July 2014 at 13:53:12 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
> On 07/01/2014 03:21 AM, Puming wrote:
>
> > I can safely assume ref is better than pointer here
>
> I agree.
>
> > because it plays nicely with UFCS.
>
> I don't understand that part. :) The following is the same 
> program with just two differences: prompt() takes a pointer and 
> 'server' is a pointer.
>
> import std.conv;
>
> struct Server
> {
>     string name;
>     string ip;
>     int port;
>     string user;
> }
>
> string prompt(Server * server)
> {
>     return server.user ~ "@" ~ server.ip ~ ":" ~ 
> server.port.to!string;
> }
>
> void main()
> {
>     auto server = new Server("bzzt", "192.168.0.1", 80, 
> "nobody");
>     string p = server.prompt;
> }
>
> Ali

Wow, I've tested with some other code and pointer did not work, 
maybe I got something else wrong. Anyway, it's nice to know 
pointers also works with UFCS :-)