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reply John Demme <me teqdruid.com> writes:
The below code doesn't work unless you uncomment out the alias.  I think the
reason for this was explained to me at some point, but I don't remember. Or
is it a bug?  I think it should be a bug.

~John Demme 

class A
{
        void foo (int i)
        {}
}

class B: A
{
        void foo (int i, int j)
        {}

        /+alias A.foo foo;+/
}

void main()
{
        B b = new B();
        b.foo(5,7);
        b.foo(7);
}
May 13 2006
next sibling parent Lars Ivar Igesund <larsivar igesund.net> writes:
John Demme wrote:


 The below code doesn't work unless you uncomment out the alias.  I think
 the reason for this was explained to me at some point, but I don't
 remember. Or
 is it a bug?  I think it should be a bug.


It's by design, believe it or not ;) It's been a while since the last
discussions I think, but it has to do with the overload rules (which
apparently is the same as in C++, but different from those in Java). Walter
is trying to make these rules simple, although IIRC, the corresponding
Java-type rules were equally simple to understand for us mundane. I don't
remember how it affected compiler complexity.


 
 ~John Demme
 
 class A
 {
         void foo (int i)
         {}
 }
 
 class B: A
 {
         void foo (int i, int j)
         {}
 
         /+alias A.foo foo;+/
 }
 
 void main()
 {
         B b = new B();
         b.foo(5,7);
         b.foo(7);
 }


-- 
Lars Ivar Igesund
blog at http://larsivi.net
DSource & #D: larsivi
May 14 2006
prev sibling parent reply Bruno Medeiros <brunodomedeirosATgmail SPAM.com> writes:
John Demme wrote:

 The below code doesn't work unless you uncomment out the alias.  I think the
 reason for this was explained to me at some point, but I don't remember. Or
 is it a bug?  I think it should be a bug.
 
 ~John Demme 
 
 class A
 {
         void foo (int i)
         {}
 }
 
 class B: A
 {
         void foo (int i, int j)
         {}
 
         /+alias A.foo foo;+/
 }
 
 void main()
 {
         B b = new B();
         b.foo(5,7);
         b.foo(7);
 }



It was mentioned in: 
news://news.digitalmars.com:119/e3knre$2vp1$1 digitaldaemon.com

namely:


 In http://www.digitalmars.com/d/function.html , "Function Inheritance
 and Overriding" it is said:
 "However, when doing overload resolution, the functions in the base
 class are not considered:"
 If that is the ideal behavior, well, that I'm not sure...


-- 
Bruno Medeiros - CS/E student
http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?BrunoMedeiros#D
May 19 2006
parent John Demme <me teqdruid.com> writes:
In article <e4lnue$s42$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Bruno Medeiros says...

John Demme wrote:

 The below code doesn't work unless you uncomment out the alias.  I think 




the

 reason for this was explained to me at some point, but I don't remember. Or
 is it a bug?  I think it should be a bug.
 
 ~John Demme 
 
 class A
 {
         void foo (int i)
         {}
 }
 
 class B: A
 {
         void foo (int i, int j)
         {}
 
         /+alias A.foo foo;+/
 }
 
 void main()
 {
         B b = new B();
         b.foo(5,7);
         b.foo(7);
 }



It was mentioned in: 
news://news.digitalmars.com:119/e3knre$2vp1$1 digitaldaemon.com

namely:


 In http://www.digitalmars.com/d/function.html , "Function Inheritance
 and Overriding" it is said:
 "However, when doing overload resolution, the functions in the base
 class are not considered:"
 If that is the ideal behavior, well, that I'm not sure...


-- 
Bruno Medeiros - CS/E student
http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?BrunoMedeiros#D



Ach!! ... Just a pain in the ass in my opinion-- I have to remember to put in 
aliases for each method.

Thanks for the links.

~John
May 20 2006