[Issue 4182] New: alias of base function does not transfer covariance

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           Summary: alias of base function does not transfer covariance
           Product: D
           Version: 2.041
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: DMD
        AssignedTo: nobody at puremagic.com
        ReportedBy: schveiguy at yahoo.com


--- Comment #0 from Steven Schveighoffer <schveiguy at yahoo.com> 2010-05-13 05:12:30 PDT ---
This should compile:

interface I
{
    I foo();
    alias foo bar;
}

class C : I
{
    C foo() { return this; }
}

void main()
{
    auto c = new C;
    c = c.bar();
}

But it doesn't, because for some reason, the compiler inserts a cast:

Error: cannot implicitly convert expression ((cast(I)c).foo()) of type
aliascovariance.I to aliascovariance.C

Change I to a class, and the error is even more weird:

Error: cannot implicitly convert expression (c.foo()) of type aliascovariance.I
to aliascovariance.C

As a workaround, you can repeat the alias in the derived class.

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