D/Objective-C 64bit

[Jacob Carlborg via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On 2014-12-29 20:01, Christian Schneider wrote:

> previously it was possible to have a few D methods "point" to the same
> Objective-C method like this:
>
>      NSView initWithFrame(NSRect frameRect) @selector("initWithFrame:")  ;
>      this(NSRect frameRect) @selector("initWithFrame:")  ;
>
> Now with the latest version I get this error for the above two lines:
>
> ../../Interfaces/appkit/view.d(19): Error: constructor
> appkit.view.NSView.this Objcective-C selector 'initWithFrame:' already
> in use by function 'initWithFrame'.
>
> I thought, it was a nice convenience to make both potential types of
> programmers happy, those leaning more towards Objective-C / named
> parameters can use the verbose, first option, while the ones coming more
> from C/C++ can use the shortcut, the 2nd option.
>
> But it's no big deal, I'll just remove the "shortcut".  My question was
> more for understanding why it was a) possible in the past and b) what is
> the motivation behind the decision that it is no longer possible now.

I'm not sure what's happened. Perhaps it's a bug that now have been 
fixed. I'll add it to my todo list.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg