On Monday, 25 June 2018 at 13:37:01 UTC, Mr.Bingo wrote:
One can overload assignment and dispatch so that something like
A.x = ... is valid when x is not a typical member but gets
resolved by the above functions.
Therefore, I can create a member for assignment. How can I
create a member for getting the value?
A.x = 3; // Seems to get translated in to A.opDispatch!("x")(3)
works but
foo(A.x); // fails and the compiler says x does not exist
I need something consistent with opDot. I am trying to create
"virtual"(not as in function) fields and I can only get
assignment but not accessor.
A.x is translated in to A.opDispatch!"x" with no args. So I guess
you can overload or you can static if on a template parameter
sequence:
import std.stdio;
struct S {
auto opDispatch(string name, Args...)(Args args) {
static if (!Args.length) {
return 3;
} else {
// set something
}
}
}
void main()
{
S s;
s.x = 3;
writeln(s.x);
}
Cheers,
- Ali
