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D - Q: modules attributes

reply Ant <duitoolkit yahoo.ca> writes:
I tried:


module leds;
const char[] aboutText = "blah blah blah";

module workspace;
class A
{
  void someFunction()
  {
    leds.aboutText;
  }
}


just to find out that I need the
static attribute on the const aboutText.

hmmm... Is this right?

Ant
Dec 01 2003
parent reply Ant <duitoolkit yahoo.ca> writes:
On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 23:44:25 -0500, Ant wrote:


 I tried:


oops, no!
the compilation also faild with static
and I just run the previous compiled version...

so, let me see what's the problem...

Ant
Dec 01 2003
parent Ant <duitoolkit yahoo.ca> writes:
On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 23:53:08 -0500, Ant wrote:


 
 so, let me see what's the problem...
 


never mind I got it (my fault).

The problem is that I still get confused
by the module thing.
I have:

module leds.Leds;
public:
static const char[] aboutText = "blah blah blah";
class Leds
{
...
}

module leds.Workspace;
import leds.Leds;
class Workspace
{
   Leds leds;
   this(Leds parentLeds)
   {
     this.leds = parentLeds;
   }

   void someFunction()
   {
      <something> leds.aboutText;   // does not compile
      <something> Leds.aboutText;   // does not compile
      <something> leds.Leds.aboutText;   // does not compile
   }
}

as you can see the choice of names and capitalization
alone shows how confused I am...

finally I added
alias leds.Leds ledsM;
to the workspace module and the thing compiles with
<something> ledsM.aboutText;

but... even if I named the module "leds.leds"
it's not wise to declare a variable Leds leds;
I can't say I like this.

I'm sure I want to have a class Leds on a module leds.leds.
I'm also sure that the best name for an instance of class "Leds"
is "leds".
I'm also sure that that's not a good idea...

so:
leds.leds - module
leds.leds.Leds - class

hmmm I just saw today that Oberon uses something like

private <type?> ledsM = import leds.leds;
that look cleaner then 
private import leds.leds;
alias leds.leds ledsM;
(I'm gonna post this as a separate post 'cause I doubt
anyone read this mess until here)


maybe this helps others to avoid this trap
(I hate to thing I wasted your time for nothing... sorry)

Ant
Dec 01 2003