Compiler bug..?

[Simen Haugen]

"davidl" <davidl at 126.com> wrote in message 
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>? Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:14:54 +0800,Regan Heath <regan at netmail.co.nz> ??:
>
>> Simen Haugen wrote:
>>> static if( 1 ) {
>>>     int var;
>>> }
>>>  static if( 1 ) {
>>>     float var; // Error, var already defined. As expected.
>>> }
>>>   But if we do this....
>>>  static if(is(int T == int)) {
>>>     writefln("T: ", typeid(T)); // T: int
>>> }
>>>  static if(is(float T == float)) {
>>>     writefln("T: ", typeid(T)); // T: int.... Where's my float?
>>> }
>>>  Shouldn't this be a compiler error, or at least a warning?
>>
>> Which version of DMD are you using?
>>
>> With 2.005 I get an error of "Error: declaration T is already defined" 
>> on the 2nd static if line.
>>
>> Regan
>
> umm, shouldn't T only take effect in the static if scope?
> so they shouldn't conflict, and should print float?
>

No, static if's doesn't introduce a new scope.