Is it possible to return the subclass from a method of the parent class in dlang?

[H. S. Teoh]

On Sat, Mar 03, 2018 at 01:13:43AM +0100, Christian Köstlin via Digitalmars-d-learn wrote:
> >> class Timer : Thread {
> >>    override Timer start() { ... }
> >> }
> >>
> >> https://dlang.org/spec/function.html#virtual-functions
> >>
> >> (see item 6)
> >>
> >> -Steve
> > Thanks for this.
> > It works for me only without the override (with override I get
> > Error: function timer.Timer.start does not override any function,
> > did you mean to override 'core.thread.Thread.start'?).
>
> This seems to be connected to Thread.start being a final function.

Well, yes, you cannot override a final function.  That is the point of
`final`. :-D

If you meant to override it after all, remove the `final`.


T

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