Unified function call syntax
Frank Benoit
keinfarbton at googlemail.com
Fri Sep 5 09:46:29 PDT 2008
This feature is planned for D2 and is currently available for array types.
If a global function exists like this:
bool equals(char[] a, char[] b){
return a == b;
}
It is possible to use it like this:
char[] str1 = ...;
char[] str2 = ...;
str1.equals( str2 ); // compiles OK
But if this is used from within a class that also has a method with the
name "equals" the syntax above does not work any more:
class A {
bool equals( Object o ){ ... }
void foo (){
bool res = str1.equals(str2); // compile error
// equals(Object) does not
// match parameter types (char[],char[])
bool res2 = .equals(str1,str2); // compile OK
}
}
Is this a bug or feature?
Will that syntax work with the planned unified function call syntax in D2?
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