Re: Issue with 2.071: Regression or valid error?

[Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On 4/6/16 11:10 AM, Andre wrote:
Hi,
With 2.071 following coding does not compile anymore and somehow I feel
it should compile.
The issue is with line "cat.create();".
Cat is a sub type of Animal. Animal "owns" method create and I want to
call the method
create within the class Animal for cat.

Is the error message "no property create for type 'b.cat'" valid or not?

Kind regards
André

module a;
import b;

class Animal
{
     private void create() {}

     void foo(Cat cat)
     {
         cat.create(); // >> no property create for type 'b.cat'
     }
}

void main() {}

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module b;
import a;

class Cat: Animal {};

Just FYI, you don't need a semicolon there.


compile with
rdmd a b

Wow, totally agree with you. Compiler shouldn't make you jump through 
this hoop:

void foo(Cat cat)
{
   Animal a = cat;
   a.create();
}

Please file a bug report, not sure why this happened.

-Steve