classes inside functions?!

[Hasan Aljudy]

kellywilson at nowhere.com wrote:
> Hey guys,
> 
> My parser (based on 0.149) allows the first example and rejects the second. Thus
> the grammar that I have seems to confirm what Sean has said, as well.
> 
> If anyone wants a copy of the pre-release (based on the Elkhound GLR parser
> generator) then just email me at:
> 
> wilsonk-at-cpsc-dot-ucalgary-dot-ca

I'm sort of working on my own parser ;)
btw I study at UofC too!!

> 
> Thanks,
> Kelly Wilson
> 
> P.S. Ivan (or BCS), if you want an update then please email (I have fixed about
> 7 or 8 problems from the original...though there are still some minor things to
> clean up).
> 
> In article <e321m5$100h$1 at digitaldaemon.com>, Sean Kelly says...
> 
>>Hasan Aljudy wrote:
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>>>I don't know if this is a bug or what, but for some reason, dmd allows 
>>>you to define classes/structs/unions/enums as statements inside function 
>>>bodies.
>>>Oddly enough, you cannot define a template in the same way
>>>
>>>I didn't find in the docs any mention of whether aggregates are allowed 
>>>inside function bodies or not.
>>>
>>>Walter, is this the correct behaviour?
>>
>>It is.  Templates are merely a special case as they must have external 
>>linkage.
>>
>>
>>Sean
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