Object.factory

[Sean Kelly]

DanO wrote:
> BCS Wrote:
> 
>> pickling?
>>
>> MyTreeType BuildTree(char[] name)
>> {
>>    auto parseTree = parse(std.file.read(name));
>>
>>    auto ret = cast(MyTreeType)Object.create(parseTree.type);
>>    ret.Stuff(parseTree.data)
>>
>>    return ret;
>> }
>>
>>
> 
> Yes, pickling it is.  I call it serialization, but having just started learning Python, pickling works, too.  As I stated earlier, standard objects work just fine when using Object.factory() or ClassInfo.find().create().  It's template  classes that are the issue.  Either method returns null.  I think it has something to do with the ClassInfo.name for the templated class.
> 
> class MyDict(T) : ISerial
> {
>     T[char[]] dict;
>     void load(InStream s);
>     void save(OutStream s);
> }
> 
> MyDict!(int).classinfo.name == "MyDict!(int).MyDict"; // Why the extra .MyDict appended to the end??

Because that's the actual name of the class.  The common declaration 
format is just short-hand for:

template MyDict(T) {
     class MyDict {}
}


Sean