On 2/18/16 11:36 PM, Zekereth wrote:
On Friday, 19 February 2016 at 04:21:43 UTC, Zekereth wrote:
On Friday, 19 February 2016 at 04:16:23 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
On Friday, 19 February 2016 at 04:08:02 UTC, Zekereth wrote:
How is seconds able to be read at compile time but unitType cannot?
"seconds" is a literal value that the compiler knows about. unitType
is a variable that might change between its declaration and use (it
doesn't here, but the compiler doesn't check if it actually does,
just if it *can*), so the compiler doesn't allow it.
Thanks a lot Adam!
So is there a way around this?. I want duration to be configurable at
runtime.
Never mind I found a better solution to my problem by storing a Duration
instead of the unitType. Works just fine.
Thanks a lot I appreciate your help!
Because it might help with some future issue:
Instead of auto, declare the unitType as immutable or enum:
immutable unitType = "seconds";
enum unitType = "seconds";
Then the compiler knows it won't change.
-Steve
