On Thu, 17 May 2012 09:10:18 -0400, Tobias Pankrath <tob...@pankrath.net>
wrote:
This does not work and I can see why.
---
auto foo(int x)
{
if(x < 0)
return foo(-x);
return x;
}
----
DMD 2.059 says:
oopsc/compiler/test.d(7): Error: forward reference to foo
oopsc/compiler/test.d(14): Error: forward reference to foo
For the human reader it is easy to see that the return type of
foo should be int.
At this point, I think the human should intervene:
int foo(int x)
...
I would *hate* to have to read code like yours to try and understand it.
-Steve
