On 2012-04-05 17:57, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
On 4/5/12, Steven Schveighoffer<schvei...@yahoo.com> wrote:
I was completely wrong in what I thought the compiler couldn't do, because the
spec is lacking.
I think it's very sad that even an old-timer like Steven has been
tricked by the spec. It doesn't leave much hope for the newbies who
didn't get a copy of TDPL.
Some text needs to be wrapped inside of $(D1) sections ASAP. Things
like scope classes, scope variables, class allocators..
Also there's some outdated information, e.g.
"Nested structs cannot be used as fields or as the element type of an
array".<- Not true
"Multiple AliasThis are allowed.".<- this should be allowed, but it's
been on the website for *years* and it still doesn't exist. How are
users supposed to react to a feature advertised as working? A
to-be-implemented note should be added.
"For dynamic array and object parameters, which are passed by
reference"<- AFAIK Dynamic arrays are passed by value.
"Member functions of nested classes and structs do not have access to
the stack variables of the enclosing function, but do have access to
the other symbols"<- Not true
This has been a problem for ages. There isn't a real specification. And
the arrival of TDPL didn't make things better (in this case).
--
/Jacob Carlborg
