• d-bugmail puremagic.com (69/69) Sep 04 2019 https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20191

d-bugmail puremagic.com writes:

https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20191

          Issue ID: 20191
           Summary: Allow struct mixin declaration
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P1
         Component: dmd
          Assignee: nobody puremagic.com
          Reporter: radu.racariu gmail.com

Compiler should allow the following syntax:

```
struct Base
{
  int foo;
}

struct Derived mixin Base
{
    int mult(int bar)
    {
        return foo * bar;
    }
}

void main()
{
  auto d = Derived(10);
  d.mult(2);
}
```

The syntax allows to mixin any other struct, template mixin or interface in the
body of the type that is declared. Syntax should allow mixin in parameterized
types also, i.e.

`struct Foo(T) mixin Bar!T`

The use case for this is to simplify creation of POD types that use common
functionality, akin to inheritance - but not polymorphic.

Another useful feature will be the possibility to implement interface contracts
non-polymorphically, for example:

```
interface Animal
{
  void talk();

  final void terminate()
  {
    // implementation provided
  }
}

struct Derived mixin Animal
{
    void talk()
    {
        // implement
    }
}

void main()
{
  Derived d;
  d.talk();
  d.terminate();
}
```

The compiler will emit an error for methods not implemented from mixin
interfaces

The usage of the `mixin` keyword instead of the `:` symbol for existing class
inheritance signals that the two are not equivalent, and it also builds on the
existing semantics of the mixin concept.

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