• Andrej Mitrovic (18/20) Apr 05 2012 I think it's very sad that even an old-timer like Steven has been
• Steven Schveighoffer (8/29) Apr 05 2012 Who are you calling old-timer? ;)
• Andrej Mitrovic (3/4) Apr 05 2012 Heheh, I meant that with respect! Respect the ol' wizards of D. :p
• Walter Bright (2/6) Apr 05 2012 Yes, please do.
• Jacob Carlborg (5/25) Apr 05 2012 This has been a problem for ages. There isn't a real specification. And

Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrovich gmail.com> writes:

On 4/5/12, Steven Schveighoffer <schveiguy 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Also there's some outdated information, e.g.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

"Steven Schveighoffer" <schveiguy yahoo.com> writes:

On Thu, 05 Apr 2012 11:57:14 -0400, Andrej Mitrovic  
<andrej.mitrovich gmail.com> wrote:

 On 4/5/12, Steven Schveighoffer <schveiguy 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.

Who are you calling old-timer? ;)

I think this is a bit of an exaggeration.  Most of the spec is correct.   
You can get pretty far without TDPL in D2.

 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 Also there's some outdated information, e.g.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

I think you should put together a pull request for these, or at least file  
a bug.

-Steve

Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrovich gmail.com> writes:

On 4/5/12, Steven Schveighoffer <schveiguy yahoo.com> wrote:
 Who are you calling old-timer? ;)

Heheh, I meant that with respect! Respect the ol' wizards of D. :p

I'll make a pull for those things later.

Walter Bright <newshound2 digitalmars.com> writes:

On 4/5/2012 11:09 AM, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
 On 4/5/12, Steven Schveighoffer<schveiguy yahoo.com>  wrote:
 Who are you calling old-timer? ;)

 Heheh, I meant that with respect! Respect the ol' wizards of D. :p

 I'll make a pull for those things later.

Yes, please do.

Jacob Carlborg <doob me.com> writes:

On 2012-04-05 17:57, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
 On 4/5/12, Steven Schveighoffer<schveiguy 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