[Issue 8640] Template struct/class member functions should compile conditionally

[d-bugmail at puremagic.com]

http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=8640


Don <clugdbug at yahoo.com.au> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 CC|                            |clugdbug at yahoo.com.au


--- Comment #1 from Don <clugdbug at yahoo.com.au> 2012-09-11 08:01:50 PDT ---
This is as designed. Doing otherwise would let a lot of bugs through.
In fact one of the oldest open rejects-valid bug reports is a request to make
the compiler check template functions even when they are NOT called.

There are strong reasons for the current behaviour.
* This request would interact badly with functions which return auto (the
compiler needs to compile them, to find out what the return type is).
* It's impossible for classes (you need to put the function into the vtable,
regardless of whether it is called or not), making a new, surprising difference
between classes and structs.

Generally in these cases I just turn the function into a template function.

@property void front(Dummy = void)(T value)
        {val = value;} //HERE

I never tested that with property functions though.

-- 
Configure issuemail: http://d.puremagic.com/issues/userprefs.cgi?tab=email
------- You are receiving this mail because: -------