On Monday, February 27, 2012 09:34:49 Nathan M. Swan wrote:
> I don't think this should happen:
>
> private enum KeywordsToTypes = [
> "import"d : TT.KwIMPORT,
> "public"d : TT.KwPUBLIC,
> "protected"d : TT.KwPROTECTED,
> "private"d : TT.KwPRIVATE,
> "static"d : TT.KwSTATIC,
> ];
>
> static this() {
> // writes "0"
> std.stdio.writeln("import"d in KeywordsToTypes);
> }
>
> Is there a reason why, or is this a bug?
No, that shouldn't happen, and I think that there's already a bug report on a
similar issue. But I would point out that the value of an enum is effectively
copy-pasted wherever it is used, so you're going to end up with a new instance
of the AA everywhere that you use it. So, having an enum which is an AA is a
_bad_ idea. It would be far better to use immutable.
- Jonathan M Davis
