opAssign() still accepted for classes???

[KennyTM~]

On Apr 30, 11 01:54, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:49:19 -0400, KennyTM~ <kennytm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Though this isn't valid with a 'struct'.
>>
>> ------------------------
>> import std.stdio;
>> struct K {
>> K opAssign(int x) {
>> writeln(x);
>> return this;
>> }
>> }
>> void main() {
>> // K k = 8; // Error: cannot implicitly convert expression (8) of type
>> int to K
>> K k;
>> k = 8; // OK.
>> }
>> ------------------------
>
> Interesting! So this is definitely an inconsistency that indicates the
> class version is a bug.
>
> -Steve

That said, for a 'struct' the 'Type var = expr;' declaration is expected 
to call the constructor:

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import std.stdio;
struct K {
     this(int x) {
         writeln(x);
     }
}
void main() {
     K k = 8;
}
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