[Issue 1373] New: typeof(func).stringof fails when func has parameters.

[Reiner Pope]

d-bugmail at puremagic.com wrote:
> http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=1373
> 
>            Summary: typeof(func).stringof   fails when func has parameters.
>            Product: D
>            Version: 1.019
>           Platform: PC
>         OS/Version: Windows
>             Status: NEW
>           Severity: normal
>           Priority: P2
>          Component: DMD
>         AssignedTo: bugzilla at digitalmars.com
>         ReportedBy: clugdbug at yahoo.com.au
> 
> 
> If func is a function (not a function pointer) with zero arguments, it works
> correctly (I think). But if it is a function with >0 arguments, then it
> complains that it cannot evaluate it.
> 
> Curiously, it generates the correct result, as evidenced by pragma(msg) below,
> before giving the error.
> 
> --------------
> double func0() { return 0; }
> int func2(int a, int b) { return 2; }
> 
> void main()
> {  
>     static assert(typeof(func0).stringof=="(double())()"); // OK
>     pragma(msg, typeof(func2).stringof);
>     // bug.d(8): Error: expected 2 arguments, not 0
>     // (int(int a, int b))()
>     static assert(typeof(func2).stringof=="(int(int a, int b))()");
> }
> 
> 

I think a related issue is


void func(int) {}

const text = func.stringof;

which doesn't compile under 2.003, error message: 
"func_stringof.func(int) does not match parameter types ()".

However, it works if the int parameter is removed.