Function default parameters

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Reply to tim,

> I want to use the return value of another member function as the
> default  for a parameter. I could just overload it but I would prefer
> to do it like:
> 
> module test;
> 
> class Thing
> {
> char[] getString(uint len = this.strLen())
> {
> char[] a = new char[len];
> return a;
> }
> uint strLen()
> {
> return 6;
> }
> }
> int main()
> {
> Thing t = new Thing;
> char[] abc = t.getString;
> return 0;
> }
> test.d(6): Error: 'this' is only defined in non-static member
> functions,  not Thing
> 

Sorry. No sutch luck. The overload is what your stuck with.