private method in interface

[Michael Shulman]

Thanks!

On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Jonathan M Davis <jmdavisProg at gmx.com> wrote:
> On 2011-06-02 12:59, Michael Shulman wrote:
>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Jonathan M Davis <jmdavisProg at gmx.com>
> wrote:
>> > http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=4542
>> > http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=2051
>>
>> Thank you! I think this answers my question completely; I just need
>> to change "private" to "protected". Is there a place on the web
>> recording "errata" of this sort for TDPL?
>
> http://erdani.com/tdpl/errata/index.php?title=Main_Page
>
>> Here is a related question which puzzles me, from reading
>> http://d-programming-language.org/function.html#virtual-functions
>> What is the difference between "private" and "final private"?
>
> At present, there is no difference between a member function which is private
> and one which is final private. All private functions are non-virtual and are
> not overridable. So, final does nothing. If/When dmd is updated to match TDPL
> and make private functions virtual and overridable, then private functions
> _will_ be virtual and overridable, and final will be required in order to make
> them non-overridable again (and assuming that the private function in question
> does not override a private funtion from a base class, the compiler should be
> able to optimize it so that it's non-virtual just like private currently is).
>
> But for now, putting final on a private function does nothing.
>
> - Jonathan M Davis
>