• Stewart Gordon (41/41) Sep 01 2004 Using DMD 0.100, Windows 98.

Stewart Gordon <smjg_1998 yahoo.com> writes:

Using DMD 0.100, Windows 98.

For some reason, the principle of covariant return types doesn't extend 
to implementation of interfaces:

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class Yuiop {}

interface Qwert {
	Qwert hjkl();
	Yuiop zxcvb();
}

class Asdfg : Yuiop, Qwert {
	Asdfg hjkl() { return null; }
	Asdfg zxcvb() { return null; }
}
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D:\My Documents\Programming\D\Tests\bugs\covariant1.d(8): class Asdfg 
interface function Qwert.hjkl isn't implemented
D:\My Documents\Programming\D\Tests\bugs\covariant1.d(8): class Asdfg 
interface function Qwert.zxcvb isn't implemented
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Further, the fact of a method being part of an interface prevents any 
covariant overriding in subsequently derived classes:

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interface Qwert {
	Qwert hjkl();
}

class Asdfg : Qwert {
	Qwert hjkl() { return null; }
}

class Qaz : Asdfg {
	override Qaz hjkl() { return null; }
}
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D:\My Documents\Programming\D\Tests\bugs\covariant2.d(9): class Qaz 
interface function Qwert.hjkl isn't implemented
D:\My Documents\Programming\D\Tests\bugs\covariant2.d(9): class Qaz 
interface function Qwert.hjkl isn't implemented
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Stewart.

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