Issue

[bobef]

Grrr. Too bad things come down to Tango or D2, which is almost the choice to use any D library at all or D2, since most of them use Tango. This is bad situation.

Regards, bobef

Bill Baxter Wrote:

> bobef wrote:
> > Jarrett Billingsley Wrote:
> > 
> >> "bobef" <bobef at nosmap-abv.bg> wrote in message 
> >> news:g5o6c5$2is4$1 at digitalmars.com...
> >>> DMD 1.033:
> >>>
> >>> import tango.io.Stdout;
> >>>
> >>> void a(void delegate() dg)
> >>> {
> >>> dg();
> >>> }
> >>>
> >>> void b(char[][] bb)
> >>> {
> >>> Stdout(bb);
> >>> }
> >>>
> >>> void main(char[][] argv)
> >>> {
> >>> //why:
> >>> {Stdout(argv);}.a(); //this is not working
> >>> argv.b(); //and this is working?
> >>> }
> >> Because the "a.f() == f(a)" only works for arrays and associative arrays and 
> >> not delegates. 
> >>
> >>
> > 
> > Obviously. And why is that? If it is working for one primitive type I see no reason it shouldn't work for the rest.
> 
> It was originally just an unadvertised easter egg that it worked for any 
> type at all.  It was not in the spec at all for a long time, but I guess 
> since the experiment seemed to be a success, Walter decided to put it in.
> 
> Making it work for all types is on the to-do list for D2.0.  See 
> WalterAndrei.pdf from the 2007 conference.  Or watch the video (!).
> 
> --bb