Beta D 2.068.1-b2

[Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On 9/1/15 2:34 AM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
> On 2015-08-31 08:01, Martin Nowak wrote:
>> First beta for the 2.068.1 point release (we skipped -b1 due to a bug).
>
> Here's a piece of code that used to compile in 2.067.0 but not in 2.068.0:
>
> class UniText
> {
>      abstract const char[] toString (char[]  dst = null);
>      abstract const wchar[] toString16 (wchar[] dst = null);
>      abstract const dchar[] toString32 (dchar[] dst = null);
> }
>
> The error message is:
>
> Error: class main.UniText use of object.Object.toString() is hidden by
> UniText; use 'alias toString = Object.toString;' to introduce base class
> overload set
>
> I suspect this is intended?
>

I'm not 100% sure, but that does seem like a bug.

You should be able to completely mask toString from a base class if you 
don't specify override IMO.

I'm assuming the minimal case is just toString?

-Steve