• Trevor Parscal (40/40) Jun 05 2005 OK, I don't really know what to call this, but I was hoping I could do
• Derek Parnell (56/102) Jun 05 2005 It is just saying you can't *implicitly* cast this. You can do it
• Trevor Parscal (6/10) Jun 06 2005 Thank you, you have helped me once again..

Trevor Parscal <trevorparscal hotmail.com> writes:

OK, I don't really know what to call this, but I was hoping I could do 
something like this

class FOO
{
	/* Members */
	public:
		int Age;

	/* Functions */
	public:
		void Test()
		{
			this.Age++;
		};
};

class BAR : FOO
{
	/* Members */
	public:
		char[] Name;

	/* Functions */
	public:
		void Test()
		{
			this.Name = "Trevor";
			this.Age++;
		};
};

and have an array of pointers to BAR classes

BAR*[] bararray;

and than have a pointer to an array of pointers to FOO classes

FOO*[]* fooarray;

and than be able to say

fooarray = &bararray;

Since BAR inherits FOO... I seem to either have done it wrong, or this 
is not allowed. Let me know if you have any clue as to the possiblities.

-- 
Thanks,
Trevor Parscal
www.trevorparscal.com
trevorparscal hotmail.com

Derek Parnell <derek psych.ward> writes:

On Sun, 05 Jun 2005 22:28:15 -0700, Trevor Parscal wrote:

 OK, I don't really know what to call this, but I was hoping I could do 
 something like this
 
 class FOO
 {
 	/* Members */
 	public:
 		int Age;
 
 	/* Functions */
 	public:
 		void Test()
 		{
 			this.Age++;
 		};
 };
 
 class BAR : FOO
 {
 	/* Members */
 	public:
 		char[] Name;
 
 	/* Functions */
 	public:
 		void Test()
 		{
 			this.Name = "Trevor";
 			this.Age++;
 		};
 };
 
 and have an array of pointers to BAR classes
 
 BAR*[] bararray;
 
 and than have a pointer to an array of pointers to FOO classes
 
 FOO*[]* fooarray;
 
 and than be able to say
 
 fooarray = &bararray;
 
 Since BAR inherits FOO... I seem to either have done it wrong, or this 
 is not allowed. Let me know if you have any clue as to the possiblities.

It is just saying you can't *implicitly* cast this. You can do it
explicitly though...

<code>
import std.stdio;
class FOO
{
	/* Members */
	public:
		int Age;

	/* Functions */
	public:
		void Test()
		{
			this.Age++;
			writefln("FOO age %d", Age);
		};
};

class BAR : FOO
{
	/* Members */
	public:
		char[] Name;
		this(char[] pName, int pAge) { Name = pName.dup; Age = pAge; }

	/* Functions */
	public:
		void Test()
		{
			this.Age++;
			writefln("BAR age %d, name %s", Age, Name);
		};
};

void main()
{

    BAR*[] bararray;
    FOO*[]* fooarray;


    BAR b1 = new BAR("Derek Parnell", 42);
    BAR b2 = new BAR("John Pilger", 17);
    BAR b3 = new BAR("Roger Ramjet", 95);

    bararray ~= &b1;
    bararray ~= &b2;
    bararray ~= &b3;

    // Explicit casting!
    fooarray = cast(FOO*[]*)&bararray; 

    foreach( FOO* f; *fooarray)
        f.Test();
}
</code>

I run this program and get ...

BAR age 43, name Derek Parnell
BAR age 18, name John Pilger
BAR age 96, name Roger Ramjet

-- 
Derek
Melbourne, Australia
6/06/2005 4:31:01 PM

Trevor Parscal <Trevor_member pathlink.com> writes:

In article <1ub7h9gtbu1uw$.acnhlml4q5cz.dlg 40tude.net>, Derek Parnell says...

I run this program and get ...

BAR age 43, name Derek Parnell
BAR age 18, name John Pilger
BAR age 96, name Roger Ramjet

Thank you, you have helped me once again..

BTW, I got that old FreeType thing working FINALLY, so if you want to use it,
let me know, otherwise, just pull it out of Terra (in an update or two)

Thanks,
Trevor Parscal