MinTL problem

[Daniel Keep]

Aah, thanks for that.  I'm just going to use something a little simpler
(and probably less efficient, but oh well :P) for the moment.  If worst
comes to worst, I can always just start my own collection of containers.

	-- Daniel

James Dunne wrote:
> Daniel Keep wrote:
>> Hey there.
>>
>> I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on a problem I'm having;
>> I'm currently trying to use MinTL, and keep getting compile errors.  The
>> source I'm using is:
>>
>> (optparse.d)
>> import mintl.list;
>>
>> int main(char[][] argv)
>> {
>>     List!(int) x;
>>     return 0;
>> }
>>
>> Which I compile with:
>>
>> $ dmd optparse.d mintl.lib
>>
>> Where the mintl package is on the import path, and mintl.lib is on the
>> LIB path.  dmd then gives me this:
>>
>> e:\Bin\Bin\..\Include\other\mintl\list.d(688): operation not allowed on
>> bool '((*this).isEmpty)()'
>> e:\Bin\Bin\..\Include\other\mintl\list.d(726): template instance cannot
>> resolve forward reference
>> e:\Bin\Bin\..\Include\other\mintl\list.d(726):
>> ListReverseIter!(Value,ReadOnly,Alloc) is used as a type
>> e:\Bin\Bin\..\Include\other\mintl\list.d(726): variable
>> mintl.list.List!(int).List.backwards.res voids have no value
>> e:\Bin\Bin\..\Include\other\mintl\list.d(727): no property 'list' for
>> type 'int'
>> e:\Bin\Bin\..\Include\other\mintl\list.d(727): constant (res).list is
>> not an lvalue
>> e:\Bin\Bin\..\Include\other\mintl\list.d(727): cannot implicitly convert
>> expression (this) of type List * to int
>> e:\Bin\Bin\..\Include\other\mintl\list.d(728): cannot implicitly convert
>> expression (res) of type int to ListReverseIter
>> e:\Bin\Bin\..\Include\other\mintl\list.d(311): template instance cannot
>> resolve forward reference
>> e:\Bin\Bin\..\Include\other\mintl\list.d(311): template instance cannot
>> resolve forward reference
>> e:\Bin\Bin\..\Include\other\mintl\list.d(311): template instance
>> List!(Value,true,Alloc) is used as a type
>> e:\Bin\Bin\..\Include\other\mintl\list.d(311): variable
>> mintl.list.List!(int,true,GCAllocator ).List.readonly.res voids have no
>> value
>> e:\Bin\Bin\..\Include\other\mintl\list.d(313): cannot implicitly convert
>> expression (res) of type int to List
>> e:\Bin\Bin\..\Include\other\mintl\list.d(318): template instance cannot
>> resolve forward reference
>> e:\Bin\Bin\..\Include\other\mintl\list.d(318): template instance cannot
>> resolve forward reference
>> e:\Bin\Bin\..\Include\other\mintl\list.d(318): template instance
>> List!(Value,false,Alloc) is used as a type
>> e:\Bin\Bin\..\Include\other\mintl\list.d(318): variable
>> mintl.list.List!(int,true,GCAllocator ).List.readwrite.res voids have no
>> value
>> e:\Bin\Bin\..\Include\other\mintl\list.d(320): cannot implicitly convert
>> expression (res) of type int to List
>> e:\Bin\Bin\..\Include\other\mintl\list.d(650): template instance cannot
>> resolve forward reference
>> e:\Bin\Bin\..\Include\other\mintl\list.d(650): template instance cannot
>> resolve forward reference
>> e:\Bin\Bin\..\Include\other\mintl\list.d(650): template instance
>> List!(Value,false,Alloc) is used as a type
>> e:\Bin\Bin\..\Include\other\mintl\list.d(650): variable
>> mintl.list.List!(int,true,GCAllocator ).List.dup.res voids have no value
>> e:\Bin\Bin\..\Include\other\mintl\list.d(655): no property 'readonly'
>> for type 'int'
>> e:\Bin\Bin\..\Include\other\mintl\list.d(655): cannot implicitly convert
>> expression (1) of type int to List
>> e:\Bin\Bin\..\Include\other\mintl\list.d(688): operation not allowed on
>> bool '((*this).isEmpty)()'
>> e:\Bin\Bin\..\Include\other\mintl\list.d(726): template instance cannot
>> resolve forward reference
>> e:\Bin\Bin\..\Include\other\mintl\list.d(726):
>> ListReverseIter!(Value,ReadOnly,Alloc) is used as a type
>> e:\Bin\Bin\..\Include\other\mintl\list.d(726): variable
>> mintl.list.List!(int,true,GCAllocator ).List.backwards.res voids have no
>> value
>> e:\Bin\Bin\..\Include\other\mintl\list.d(727): no property 'list' for
>> type 'int'
>> e:\Bin\Bin\..\Include\other\mintl\list.d(727): constant (res).list is
>> not an lvalue
>> e:\Bin\Bin\..\Include\other\mintl\list.d(727): cannot implicitly convert
>> expression (this) of type List * to int
>> e:\Bin\Bin\..\Include\other\mintl\list.d(728): cannot implicitly convert
>> expression (res) of type int to ListReverseIter
>> e:\Bin\Bin\..\Include\other\mintl\list.d(6): template instance
>> mintl.list.List!(int) error instantiating
>>
>> I'm sure it's the latest version, since I downloaded it the other day.
>> list.d says it is revision 2.7.1.
>>
>> I just can't work out what I'm doing wrong.  Any suggestions?
>>
>>     -- Daniel
>>
> 
> You're not doing anything wrong - I don't think the MinTL library has
> been updated in quite some time.  Try downgrading compiler versions
> until you find one that works with it if that's acceptable for you.
> Otherwise, ask Ben Hinkle (author) to update it.
> 

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