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reply Stewart Gordon <smjg_1998 yahoo.com> writes:
Using DMD 0.125, Windows 98SE.

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struct Qwert {
     Yuiop.Asdfg hjkl;
}

struct Yuiop {
     struct Asdfg {
         int zxcvb;
     }
}
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D:\My Documents\Programming\D\Tests\bugs\nesttype_forward.d(2): no 
property 'Asdfg' for type 'Yuiop'
D:\My Documents\Programming\D\Tests\bugs\nesttype_forward.d(2): 
Yuiop.Asdfg is used as a type
D:\My Documents\Programming\D\Tests\bugs\nesttype_forward.d(2): variable 
nesttype_forward.Qwert.hjkl voids have no value
----------

OTOH if Yuiop is instead a class, then the error is

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D:\My Documents\Programming\D\Tests\bugs\nesttype_forward.d(5): class 
nesttype_forward.Yuiop is forward referenced when looking for 'Asdfg'
D:\My Documents\Programming\D\Tests\bugs\nesttype_forward.d(5): class 
nesttype_forward.Yuiop is forward referenced when looking for 'Asdfg'
D:\My Documents\Programming\D\Tests\bugs\nesttype_forward.d(2): no 
property 'Asdfg' for type 'nesttype_forward.Yuiop'
D:\My Documents\Programming\D\Tests\bugs\nesttype_forward.d(2): 
Yuiop.Asdfg is used as a type
D:\My Documents\Programming\D\Tests\bugs\nesttype_forward.d(2): variable 
nesttype_forward.Qwert.hjkl voids have no value
----------

Stewart.

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May 31 2005
next sibling parent reply Lars Ivar Igesund <larsivar igesund.net> writes:
Stewart Gordon wrote:

 Using DMD 0.125, Windows 98SE.
 
 ----------
 struct Qwert {
      Yuiop.Asdfg hjkl;
 }
 
 struct Yuiop {
      struct Asdfg {
          int zxcvb;
      }
 }
 ----------
 D:\My Documents\Programming\D\Tests\bugs\nesttype_forward.d(2): no
 property 'Asdfg' for type 'Yuiop'
 D:\My Documents\Programming\D\Tests\bugs\nesttype_forward.d(2):
 Yuiop.Asdfg is used as a type
 D:\My Documents\Programming\D\Tests\bugs\nesttype_forward.d(2): variable
 nesttype_forward.Qwert.hjkl voids have no value
 ----------
 
 OTOH if Yuiop is instead a class, then the error is
 
 ----------
 D:\My Documents\Programming\D\Tests\bugs\nesttype_forward.d(5): class
 nesttype_forward.Yuiop is forward referenced when looking for 'Asdfg'
 D:\My Documents\Programming\D\Tests\bugs\nesttype_forward.d(5): class
 nesttype_forward.Yuiop is forward referenced when looking for 'Asdfg'
 D:\My Documents\Programming\D\Tests\bugs\nesttype_forward.d(2): no
 property 'Asdfg' for type 'nesttype_forward.Yuiop'
 D:\My Documents\Programming\D\Tests\bugs\nesttype_forward.d(2):
 Yuiop.Asdfg is used as a type
 D:\My Documents\Programming\D\Tests\bugs\nesttype_forward.d(2): variable
 nesttype_forward.Qwert.hjkl voids have no value
 ----------
 
 Stewart.
 
From the Nested functions documentation: "Unlike module level declarations, declarations within function scope are processed in order. This means that two nested functions cannot mutually call each other:" So I suppose that this isn't really a bug, but more like a very bad error message. The docs also say that the restriction might be removed in the future. Lars Ivar Igesund
May 31 2005
parent reply Stewart Gordon <smjg_1998 yahoo.com> writes:
Lars Ivar Igesund wrote:
<snip>
 From the Nested functions documentation:
 
 "Unlike module level declarations, declarations within function scope are
 processed in order. This means that two nested functions cannot mutually
 call each other:"
<snip> Non sequitur. That's nested _functions_. This is nested _types_. Moreover, they're somewhat different concepts. Functions define a sequence of actions. Types don't. Moreover, aren't nested functions only accessible from the scope in which they're defined? Stewart. -- My e-mail is valid but not my primary mailbox. Please keep replies on the 'group where everyone may benefit.
May 31 2005
parent Lars Ivar Igesund <larsivar igesund.net> writes:
Stewart Gordon wrote:

 Lars Ivar Igesund wrote:
 <snip>
 From the Nested functions documentation:
 
 "Unlike module level declarations, declarations within function scope are
 processed in order. This means that two nested functions cannot mutually
 call each other:"
<snip> Non sequitur. That's nested _functions_. This is nested _types_. Moreover, they're somewhat different concepts. Functions define a sequence of actions. Types don't. Moreover, aren't nested functions only accessible from the scope in which they're defined? Stewart.
Probably a good point. Woke up to early this morning... Lars Ivar Igesund
May 31 2005
prev sibling next sibling parent reply Hasan Aljudy <hasan.aljudy gmail.com> writes:
Stewart Gordon wrote:
 Using DMD 0.125, Windows 98SE.
 
 ----------
 struct Qwert {
     Yuiop.Asdfg hjkl;
 }
 
 struct Yuiop {
     struct Asdfg {
         int zxcvb;
     }
 }
To my humble understanding, nested types only exist inside their "outer" type. Asdfg only exists inside the scope of Yuiop.
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 D:\My Documents\Programming\D\Tests\bugs\nesttype_forward.d(2): no 
 property 'Asdfg' for type 'Yuiop'
 D:\My Documents\Programming\D\Tests\bugs\nesttype_forward.d(2): 
 Yuiop.Asdfg is used as a type
 D:\My Documents\Programming\D\Tests\bugs\nesttype_forward.d(2): variable 
 nesttype_forward.Qwert.hjkl voids have no value
 ----------
 
 OTOH if Yuiop is instead a class, then the error is
 
 ----------
 D:\My Documents\Programming\D\Tests\bugs\nesttype_forward.d(5): class 
 nesttype_forward.Yuiop is forward referenced when looking for 'Asdfg'
 D:\My Documents\Programming\D\Tests\bugs\nesttype_forward.d(5): class 
 nesttype_forward.Yuiop is forward referenced when looking for 'Asdfg'
 D:\My Documents\Programming\D\Tests\bugs\nesttype_forward.d(2): no 
 property 'Asdfg' for type 'nesttype_forward.Yuiop'
 D:\My Documents\Programming\D\Tests\bugs\nesttype_forward.d(2): 
 Yuiop.Asdfg is used as a type
 D:\My Documents\Programming\D\Tests\bugs\nesttype_forward.d(2): variable 
 nesttype_forward.Qwert.hjkl voids have no value
 ----------
 
 Stewart.
 
May 31 2005
parent reply Stewart Gordon <smjg_1998 yahoo.com> writes:
Hasan Aljudy wrote:
 Stewart Gordon wrote:
 
 Using DMD 0.125, Windows 98SE.

 ----------
 struct Qwert {
     Yuiop.Asdfg hjkl;
 }

 struct Yuiop {
     struct Asdfg {
         int zxcvb;
     }
 }
To my humble understanding, nested types only exist inside their "outer" type.
<snip> To your humble understanding indeed. Just try moving Qwert to below Yuiop. Stewart. -- My e-mail is valid but not my primary mailbox. Please keep replies on the 'group where everyone may benefit.
Jun 01 2005
parent reply Hasan Aljudy <hasan.aljudy gmail.com> writes:
Stewart Gordon wrote:
 Hasan Aljudy wrote:
 
 Stewart Gordon wrote:

 Using DMD 0.125, Windows 98SE.

 ----------
 struct Qwert {
     Yuiop.Asdfg hjkl;
 }

 struct Yuiop {
     struct Asdfg {
         int zxcvb;
     }
 }
To my humble understanding, nested types only exist inside their "outer" type.
<snip> To your humble understanding indeed. Just try moving Qwert to below Yuiop. Stewart.
If you imply that Yuiop.Asdfg becomes known to everything that comes /after/ it, then maybe /that/ is the bug.
Jun 01 2005
parent reply Stewart Gordon <smjg_1998 yahoo.com> writes:
Hasan Aljudy wrote:
<snip>
 If you imply that Yuiop.Asdfg becomes known to everything that comes 
 /after/ it, then maybe /that/ is the bug.
That's basically what I said. I.e. the order of declarations at module or class/struct/union level is supposed not to matter. Stewart. -- My e-mail is valid but not my primary mailbox. Please keep replies on the 'group where everyone may benefit.
Jun 01 2005
parent reply Hasan Aljudy <hasan.aljudy gmail.com> writes:
Stewart Gordon wrote:
 Hasan Aljudy wrote:
 <snip>
 
 If you imply that Yuiop.Asdfg becomes known to everything that comes 
 /after/ it, then maybe /that/ is the bug.
That's basically what I said. I.e. the order of declarations at module or class/struct/union level is supposed not to matter. Stewart.
I meant to say that maybe the bug is actually in Yuiop.Asdfg being /known/ outside Yuiop when they come after it; it shouldn't be known there. so the bug is not in being unknown to things above it, it's in being known to things below it.
Jun 01 2005
parent Stewart Gordon <smjg_1998 yahoo.com> writes:
Hasan Aljudy wrote:
<snip>
 I meant to say that maybe the bug is actually in Yuiop.Asdfg being 
 /known/ outside Yuiop when they come after it; it shouldn't be known there.
 so the bug is not in being unknown to things above it, it's in being 
 known to things below it.
Wrong. Members of a class/struct/union have to be known to things outside it. Otherwise how would you use the class/struct/union? And unless you can find a nook or cranny of the spec that states otherwise, then nested types aren't an exception. Stewart. -- My e-mail is valid but not my primary mailbox. Please keep replies on the 'group where everyone may benefit.
Jun 02 2005
prev sibling parent Thomas Kuehne <thomas-dloop kuehne.this-is.spam.cn> writes:
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Stewart Gordon schrieb am Tue, 31 May 2005 11:47:08 +0100:
 Using DMD 0.125, Windows 98SE.

 ----------
 struct Qwert {
      Yuiop.Asdfg hjkl;
 }

 struct Yuiop {
      struct Asdfg {
          int zxcvb;
      }
 }
 ----------
 D:\My Documents\Programming\D\Tests\bugs\nesttype_forward.d(2): no 
 property 'Asdfg' for type 'Yuiop'
 D:\My Documents\Programming\D\Tests\bugs\nesttype_forward.d(2): 
 Yuiop.Asdfg is used as a type
 D:\My Documents\Programming\D\Tests\bugs\nesttype_forward.d(2): variable 
 nesttype_forward.Qwert.hjkl voids have no value
 ----------

 OTOH if Yuiop is instead a class, then the error is

 ----------
 D:\My Documents\Programming\D\Tests\bugs\nesttype_forward.d(5): class 
 nesttype_forward.Yuiop is forward referenced when looking for 'Asdfg'
 D:\My Documents\Programming\D\Tests\bugs\nesttype_forward.d(5): class 
 nesttype_forward.Yuiop is forward referenced when looking for 'Asdfg'
 D:\My Documents\Programming\D\Tests\bugs\nesttype_forward.d(2): no 
 property 'Asdfg' for type 'nesttype_forward.Yuiop'
 D:\My Documents\Programming\D\Tests\bugs\nesttype_forward.d(2): 
 Yuiop.Asdfg is used as a type
 D:\My Documents\Programming\D\Tests\bugs\nesttype_forward.d(2): variable 
 nesttype_forward.Qwert.hjkl voids have no value
 ----------

 Stewart.
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Jun 01 2005