• Manfred Nowak (20/20) Feb 23 2007 Here a delegate from class C seems to be implicitely converted to a
• Frits van Bommel (15/35) Feb 23 2007 First off, on my machine (DMD/Linux):
• Manfred Nowak (4/7) Feb 23 2007 Thank you, you are right with both remarks. I was simply unable to

Manfred Nowak <svv1999 hotmail.com> writes:

Here a delegate from class C seems to be implicitely converted to a 
delegate of the module.

import std.stdio;
alias void delegate( int , inout int) GETTER;
class C{
  int i=3;
  GETTER getter(){
    return delegate void(int i, inout int o){ o= 2*this.i;};
  }
 }
void main(){
  auto c= new C;
  int i=0;
  c.getter()(0,i);
  writefln( i); //works: outputs 6
  GETTER q= c.getter(); // implicit conversion?
  q(0, i);
  writefln( i); //random result
}

-manfred

Frits van Bommel <fvbommel REMwOVExCAPSs.nl> writes:

Manfred Nowak wrote:
 Here a delegate from class C seems to be implicitely converted to a 
 delegate of the module.
 
 import std.stdio;
 alias void delegate( int , inout int) GETTER;
 class C{
   int i=3;
   GETTER getter(){
     return delegate void(int i, inout int o){ o= 2*this.i;};
   }
  }
 void main(){
   auto c= new C;
   int i=0;
   c.getter()(0,i);
   writefln( i); //works: outputs 6
   GETTER q= c.getter(); // implicit conversion?
   q(0, i);
   writefln( i); //random result
 }

First off, on my machine (DMD/Linux):
---
urxae urxae:~/tmp$ dmd -run test.d
269043800
125854208
---

The delegate isn't one 'of' the class. It's 'of' the C.getter() stack 
frame, which means it's invalid after the getter() function returned. 
*Never*[1] return a delegate literal from a function. Unpredictable 
results will follow.

And what exactly do you mean by "a delegate of the module"? AFAIK there 
is no such thing.


[1]: Well, at least not until Walter implements full closures that 
capture local variables.

Manfred Nowak <svv1999 hotmail.com> writes:

Frits van Bommel wrote
 it's invalid after the getter() function returned.

 And what exactly do you mean by "a delegate of the module"? AFAIK
 there is no such thing.

Thank you, you are right with both remarks. I was simply unable to 
detect my own fault.

-manfred