• monarch_dodra (29/29) Feb 12 2013 This question came up in the pulls.
• kenji hara (4/8) Feb 12 2013 Even if each field-wise operations is legal, the synthesis operation of
• monarch_dodra (21/34) Feb 12 2013 Hum...
• bearophile (9/12) Feb 12 2013 equal and cmp and OnHash among tuples of the same type must be
• monarch_dodra (5/18) Feb 12 2013 Did you really mean "Tuples of the same type"? Because I don't
• bearophile (9/11) Feb 12 2013 There are various possible operations. But thinking better on the

"monarch_dodra" <monarchdodra gmail.com> writes:

This question came up in the pulls.

Given two different Tuple types, it is possible to run an 
operator on said tuples, if the operator is legal for each 
individual field in the tuple. For example.

//----
import std.typecons;

void main()
{
     auto a = Tuple!(  int,     const(char)[])(           2, 
"what".dup);
     auto b = Tuple!(short, immutable(char)[])(cast(short)1, 
"hello");
     a = b;
     assert(a == b);
     assert(!(a < b));
     assert(!(a < b));
     assert(!(a > b));
}
//----

I'm not really sure if this was really ever meant to work this 
way, or if the implementation got luck and allowed it. The 
documentation isn't really very clear about it.

In any case, it begs the question: *Should* Tuples be allowed to 
do this?

The rationale for them *not* being allowed is that the Types are 
different, and for standard aggregate structs, this would not be 
legal, *even if* each field can be cast from one to the other. 
Why should Tuple allow it?

Stances on the matter?

kenji hara <k.hara.pg gmail.com> writes:

2013/2/12 monarch_dodra <monarchdodra gmail.com>

 This question came up in the pulls.

 Given two different Tuple types, it is possible to run an operator on said
 tuples, if the operator is legal for each individual field in the tuple.
 For example.

Even if each field-wise operations is legal, the synthesis operation of
individual results might not be obvious.

Kenji Hara

"monarch_dodra" <monarchdodra gmail.com> writes:

On Tuesday, 12 February 2013 at 14:35:18 UTC, kenji hara wrote:
 2013/2/12 monarch_dodra <monarchdodra gmail.com>

 This question came up in the pulls.

 Given two different Tuple types, it is possible to run an 
 operator on said
 tuples, if the operator is legal for each individual field in 
 the tuple.
 For example.

 Even if each field-wise operations is legal, the synthesis 
 operation of
 individual results might not be obvious.

 Kenji Hara

Hum...

I went to C++ to see how they do it. Apparently, in C++, 
cross-tuple operations are fair game:

//----
#include <iostream>
#include <tuple>

int main()
{
     std::tuple<int,   int>   a;
     std::tuple<short, short> b;
     a = b;
     if (a == b)
         std::cout << "hello" << std::endl;
     if (a < b)
         std::cout << "hello" << std::endl;
}
//----

If we follow the rule of "least surprise" and that "things which 
are common behave the same", it might be safer to keep this 
behavior.

"bearophile" <bearophileHUGS lycos.com> writes:

monarch_dodra:

 If we follow the rule of "least surprise" and that "things 
 which are common behave the same", it might be safer to keep 
 this behavior.

equal and cmp and OnHash among tuples of the same type must be 
supported if all the types they contain support those operations. 
If you remove that behaviour tuples become much less useful.

What's worth discussing is the opposite, so if it's a good idea 
to allow other operations among tuples if their types support 
those operations.

Bye,
bearophile

"monarch_dodra" <monarchdodra gmail.com> writes:

On Tuesday, 12 February 2013 at 21:43:00 UTC, bearophile wrote:
 monarch_dodra:

 If we follow the rule of "least surprise" and that "things 
 which are common behave the same", it might be safer to keep 
 this behavior.

 equal and cmp and OnHash among tuples of the same type must be 
 supported if all the types they contain support those 
 operations. If you remove that behaviour tuples become much 
 less useful.

Did you really mean "Tuples of the same type"? Because I don't 
think that was bein argued, and I agree with the conclusion.

 What's worth discussing is the opposite, so if it's a good idea 
 to allow other operations among tuples if their types support 
 those operations.

 Bye,
 bearophile

What other operations are you thinking about? Maybe a generic 
opDispatch?

"bearophile" <bearophileHUGS lycos.com> writes:

monarch_dodra:

 What other operations are you thinking about? Maybe a generic 
 opDispatch?

There are various possible operations. But thinking better on the 
topic, the most common operations I like to do on tuples are 
things like unpacking them with a nice syntax, using them in a 
switch(tuple1) statement, and sometimes using a transversal on an 
array of tuples (this means collecting a field of all tuples of 
an array). All three things have already bugzilla ERs.

Bye,
bearophile