Nested Structs (Solution)

[Max Samukha]

On Thursday, 13 December 2012 at 00:02:01 UTC, js.mdnq wrote:
>
> Half done? Has it even been implemented at all?

http://dlang.org/class.html#nested

It is implemented for nested classes but not structs.

>
> In any case my method seems to provide a solution to the 
> problem in the mean time. I have updated the code to work 
> correct(had a small bug) and it uses an alias to make it easier 
> to update in the future if D finally does support this 
> construct in full.
>
> http://dpaste.dzfl.pl/64025e0a
>
> If outer is the appropriate keyword then Parent can easily be 
> changed.

The name doesn't matter. I just wanted to annoy Walter again with 
yet another bit of evidence that completeness of a feature is 
important even if it doesn't seem to have an obvious use case. 
People will do what is logical and end up with hacks like that.

> Little would have to be done to the structs to make it work. In 
> fact, the method should work if D ever decides to support such 
> a feature with little change. Compile times could be increased 
> though by removing the templating, but unfortunately that might 
> require a lot of work. A mixin might simplify it.