• pmoore (17/17) Jun 21 2005 Hi,
• Jarrett Billingsley (6/13) Jun 21 2005 I used to do this too.. until someone introduced me to the global scope
• Regan Heath (9/26) Jun 21 2005 I'd have expected an alias to work also, eg.
• Jarrett Billingsley (15/21) Jun 21 2005 You have to put the alias in the class. Otherwise, it's at module level...
• Regan Heath (5/30) Jun 21 2005 LOL.. I completely missed the fact that a class was involoved. I just
• pmoore (5/29) Jun 22 2005 Thanks for the replies.

pmoore <pmoore_member pathlink.com> writes:

Hi,

Is it just me or do the std.string.toString() methods in phobos seem to be
awkwardly named? Am I pointing out the obvious and/or going about this the wrong
way or will I always have to use the fully qualified version (or write my own :)
?

eg.

private import std.string;

class A {
public void doSomething() {
char[] a  = "abcd" ~ toString(10); // bad - calls Object.toString() and fails
char[] b  = "abcd" ~ std.string.toString(10); // ok
}
}

int main() {
A a = new A();
a.doSomething();
}

"Jarrett Billingsley" <kb3ctd2 yahoo.com> writes:

"pmoore" <pmoore_member pathlink.com> wrote in message 
news:d9a7i8$112m$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 Hi,

 Is it just me or do the std.string.toString() methods in phobos seem to be
 awkwardly named? Am I pointing out the obvious and/or going about this the 
 wrong
 way or will I always have to use the fully qualified version (or write my 
 own :)
 ?

I used to do this too.. until someone introduced me to the global scope 
operator.

char[] b  = "abcd" ~ .toString(10); // calls std.string.toString()

Notice the . in front of toString(). 

"Regan Heath" <regan netwin.co.nz> writes:

On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 19:59:51 -0400, Jarrett Billingsley  
<kb3ctd2 yahoo.com> wrote:
 "pmoore" <pmoore_member pathlink.com> wrote in message
 news:d9a7i8$112m$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 Hi,

 Is it just me or do the std.string.toString() methods in phobos seem to  
 be
 awkwardly named? Am I pointing out the obvious and/or going about this  
 the
 wrong
 way or will I always have to use the fully qualified version (or write  
 my
 own :)
 ?

 I used to do this too.. until someone introduced me to the global scope
 operator.

 char[] b  = "abcd" ~ .toString(10); // calls std.string.toString()

 Notice the . in front of toString().

I'd have expected an alias to work also, eg.

private import std.string;
alias std.string.toString toString;

but it doesn't. It errors in the same way.

I want to know why? I don't see why toString on it's own calls  
Object.toString.

Regan

"Jarrett Billingsley" <kb3ctd2 yahoo.com> writes:

"Regan Heath" <regan netwin.co.nz> wrote in message 
news:opssqwqybk23k2f5 nrage.netwin.co.nz...
 I'd have expected an alias to work also, eg.

 private import std.string;
 alias std.string.toString toString;

 but it doesn't. It errors in the same way.

 I want to know why? I don't see why toString on it's own calls 
 Object.toString.

You have to put the alias in the class.  Otherwise, it's at module level, 
and the class's toString is checked before going to the module-level alias. 
So:

class A
{
    alias std.string.toString toString;
    void fork()
    {
        int x=5;
        char[] s=toString(x);
    }
}

Works. 

"Regan Heath" <regan netwin.co.nz> writes:

On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 21:22:38 -0400, Jarrett Billingsley  
<kb3ctd2 yahoo.com> wrote:
 "Regan Heath" <regan netwin.co.nz> wrote in message
 news:opssqwqybk23k2f5 nrage.netwin.co.nz...
 I'd have expected an alias to work also, eg.

 private import std.string;
 alias std.string.toString toString;

 but it doesn't. It errors in the same way.

 I want to know why? I don't see why toString on it's own calls
 Object.toString.

 You have to put the alias in the class.  Otherwise, it's at module level,
 and the class's toString is checked before going to the module-level  
 alias.
 So:

 class A
 {
     alias std.string.toString toString;
     void fork()
     {
         int x=5;
         char[] s=toString(x);
     }
 }

 Works.

LOL.. I completely missed the fact that a class was involoved. I just  
copy/pasted the code, ran it, added the alias and complained.

Regan

pmoore <pmoore_member pathlink.com> writes:

Thanks for the replies. 

I actually posted this at half past midnight last night in a sleepy daze and
then realised I could have used the global operator as Jarrett suggested. The
alias is an interesting alternative though. Thanks to both of you.

In article <d9ae6a$18hm$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Jarrett Billingsley says...
"Regan Heath" <regan netwin.co.nz> wrote in message 
news:opssqwqybk23k2f5 nrage.netwin.co.nz...
 I'd have expected an alias to work also, eg.

 private import std.string;
 alias std.string.toString toString;

 but it doesn't. It errors in the same way.

 I want to know why? I don't see why toString on it's own calls 
 Object.toString.

You have to put the alias in the class.  Otherwise, it's at module level, 
and the class's toString is checked before going to the module-level alias. 
So:

class A
{
    alias std.string.toString toString;
    void fork()
    {
        int x=5;
        char[] s=toString(x);
    }
}

Works.