Type.stringof

[Lionello Lunesu]

Michiel wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
> 
>>> The documentation sais that all types should have the property
>>> .stringof, but it doesn't seem to work. Has it been renamed? Or doesn't
>>> it exist (anymore)?
>> In what case does it not work?
> 
> Any case. I tried this:
> 
> ------------------------------------------
> module test;
> 
> import std.stdio;
> 
> struct Foo { }
> 
> enum Enum { RED }
> 
> typedef int myint;
> 
> void main()
> {
>     writefln((1+2).stringof);       // "1 + 2"
>     writefln(Foo.stringof);         // "Foo"
>     writefln(test.Foo.stringof);    // "test.Foo"
>     writefln(int.stringof);         // "int"
>     writefln((int*[5][]).stringof); // "int*[5][]"
>     writefln(Enum.RED.stringof);    // "Enum.RED"
>     writefln(test.myint.stringof);  // "test.myint"
>     writefln((5).stringof);         // "5"
> }

That works just fine here, DMD 1.007

L.