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reply bearophile <bearophileHUGS lycos.com> writes:
Do you know if it's possible to replace  typeof(f1)  with  f1.typeof  in D (for
symmetry with sizeof too)?

import std.stdio: writeln;
struct Foo {
    int x;
}
void main() {
    Foo f1;
    int fsize = f1.sizeof; // OK
    alias typeof(f1) T1;   // OK
    alias f1.typeof T2;    // ERR
}


[What I'd like is this, but this is for another thread:
Type T2 = f1.typeof;
]

Bye,
bearophile
May 16 2010
parent reply Robert Clipsham <robert octarineparrot.com> writes:
On 16/05/10 21:43, bearophile wrote:
 Do you know if it's possible to replace  typeof(f1)  with  f1.typeof  in D
(for symmetry with sizeof too)?

 import std.stdio: writeln;
 struct Foo {
      int x;
 }
 void main() {
      Foo f1;
      int fsize = f1.sizeof; // OK
      alias typeof(f1) T1;   // OK
      alias f1.typeof T2;    // ERR
 }


 [What I'd like is this, but this is for another thread:
 Type T2 = f1.typeof;
 ]

 Bye,
 bearophile
The closest I've managed with my quick attempt is: ---- mixin template typeOf() { alias typeof(this) typeOf; } struct Foo { int x; mixin typeOf; } void main() { Foo f1; auto fsize = f1.sizeof; // OK alias typeof(f1) T1; // OK alias f1.typeOf T2; // OK } ---- It's not ideal, but it works. You can choose a capitalization to suit you. If you want the capitalization to match you can make a similar template for sizeof to keep things consistent. A couple of other things to note, I changed fsize to auto, as the type of .sizeof is different on x86_64, this isn't an issue now, but it's nice to keep code portable! Another thing is template bloat - I haven't looked properly, it seems that the template is optimized out though, so using it doesn't add any overhead... I could be wrong though. Robert
May 16 2010
parent bearophile <bearophileHUGS lycos.com> writes:
Robert Clipsham:

 The closest I've managed with my quick attempt is:
 ----
 mixin template typeOf()
 {
 	alias typeof(this) typeOf;
 }
 struct Foo
 {
 	int x;
 	mixin typeOf;
 }
Thank you for your code :-) Your example shows this feature can become a built-in.
 I changed fsize to auto, as the type 
 of .sizeof is different on x86_64, this isn't an issue now, but it's 
 nice to keep code portable!
You are right, thank you. At the moment it's a size_t, that is an unsigned CPU word. (I have recently asked in bugzilla for all those values to become signed words, because unsigned are too much unsafe in a language that doesn't catch signed-unsigned conversions and has no integral overflows tests). Bye, bearophile
May 17 2010