package and virtual
Jonathan M Davis
jmdavisProg at gmx.com
Wed Feb 29 23:43:56 PST 2012
On Thursday, March 01, 2012 08:26:00 Jacob Carlborg wrote:
> On 2012-03-01 01:53, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> > package functions are currenly non-virtual.
> >
> > The spec claims that "all non-static non-private non-template member
> > func tions are virtual," which would mean that package is supposed to
> > be virtual. But from what I recall, the plan is to leave package as
> > non-virtual. So, is that indeed the case and the spec needs to be fixed,
> > or is package going to be made virtual at some point?
> >
> > - Jonathan M Davis
>
> Is anyone even using "package"? I've basically never used it.
Well, it's the sort of thing that's more useful with larger programs, so I
question how much it's being used, but it definitely can be useful.
std.datetime will likely be using it in the near future, since I'm working on
breaking it up into a package (leaving std.datetime to then import everything
in the package).
But regardless, it's currently broken:
http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=143
- Jonathan M Davis
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