D features

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2011-09-20 21:58, Rishat Galiulin wrote:
> I'm newbie to D, but I've been wondered by its features.
>
> I have some questions about D2 and its standard library :
> 1) Why is "Object.factory(string classname)" not allowing to create objects without default constructor, for example:
>       ubyte[] array = new ubyte[10];
>       MyClass my = Object.factory("MyClass",  array);

Have a look at: 
https://github.com/jacob-carlborg/orange/blob/master/orange/util/Reflection.d#L486

It lets you create a new instance from a string regardless of the 
constructor, but it won't call the constructor. You might be able to use 
this incomplete function: 
https://github.com/jacob-carlborg/orange/blob/master/orange/util/Reflection.d#L406

> 2) Why D not using functions exceptions specification list like Java? If this promotes bad programming style to newbies, may be better at least to create compilation warnings?
>
> With best regards, Rishat Galiulin.


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/Jacob Carlborg