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reply John Demme <me teqdruid.com> writes:
OK... this one really pisses me off:
"cont.d(12): cannot create instance of abstract class ArrayList"

Why doesn't DMD tell me which methods aren't implemented?!?!?!?!

To clarify, the structure is something like this:

abstract class List(V) {
        abstract V get(int i);
}

class ArrayList(V): List!(V) {
}

void main() {
        alias ArrayList!(int) IntList;
        IntList lst = new IntList;
}

That error is produced if I try to compile the above code (unless
there's a typo).  I'd rather it say:
"cannot create instance of abstract class ArrayList: method get(int i)
not implemented."

Walter, if this is a quickie, I'd appreciate if you could do it soon.
If it's not a quickie, don't worry about it.

Thanks
John Demme
Jun 06 2005
parent Thomas Kuehne <thomas-dloop kuehne.this-is-spam.cn> writes:
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John Demme schrieb am Tue, 07 Jun 2005 00:35:41 -0400:

 OK... this one really pisses me off:
 "cont.d(12): cannot create instance of abstract class ArrayList"

 Why doesn't DMD tell me which methods aren't implemented?!?!?!?!

 To clarify, the structure is something like this:

 abstract class List(V) {
         abstract V get(int i);
 }

 class ArrayList(V): List!(V) {
 }

 void main() {
         alias ArrayList!(int) IntList;
         IntList lst = new IntList;
 }

 That error is produced if I try to compile the above code (unless
 there's a typo).  I'd rather it say:
 "cannot create instance of abstract class ArrayList: method get(int i)
 not implemented."

 Walter, if this is a quickie, I'd appreciate if you could do it soon.
 If it's not a quickie, don't worry about it.

 Thanks
 John Demme


Added to DStress as
http://dstress.kuehne.cn/nocompile/a/abstract_14.d

Thomas


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Jun 22 2005