• WhatMeWorry (23/23) Mar 11 2016 --------------- main.d ------------------------
• tsbockman (4/6) Mar 11 2016 Please show enough of the code that I can actually try to compile
• ag0aep6g (16/34) Mar 11 2016 This suggests that you simply `import ResourceManager;` in main.d.
• WhatMeWorry (4/9) Mar 11 2016 Very good. Thanks for the fix and the pointers. I'm porting C++

WhatMeWorry <kheaser gmail.com> writes:

--------------- main.d ------------------------

void main(string[] argv)
{
   ResourceManager.LoadShader("VertexShader.glsl",
                              "FragmentShader.glsl", "filler", 
"sprite");


--------------- File ResourceManager.d ------------------------
class ResourceManager
{
public:
     static void LoadShader(string vShaderFile, string ShaderFile,
                            string gShaderFile, string name)
     {
         vShaderFile = "Do something";
         // etc.
     }

Keeps returning

main.d(173): Error: undefined identifier 'LoadShader' in module 
'ResourceManager'

I'm sure I'm doing something really dumb here but I've been 
dealing with this for many hours and thought someone here could 
spot the problem in seconds.

Thanks.

tsbockman <thomas.bockman gmail.com> writes:

On Friday, 11 March 2016 at 22:47:00 UTC, WhatMeWorry wrote:
 main.d(173): Error: undefined identifier 'LoadShader' in module 
 'ResourceManager'

Please show enough of the code that I can actually try to compile 
it myself. In particular, I need to see how you handled the 
imports since that is likely where the problem lies.

ag0aep6g <anonymous example.com> writes:

On 11.03.2016 23:47, WhatMeWorry wrote:
 --------------- main.d ------------------------

 void main(string[] argv)
 {
    ResourceManager.LoadShader("VertexShader.glsl",
                               "FragmentShader.glsl", "filler", "sprite");


 --------------- File ResourceManager.d ------------------------
 class ResourceManager
 {
 public:
      static void LoadShader(string vShaderFile, string ShaderFile,
                             string gShaderFile, string name)
      {
          vShaderFile = "Do something";
          // etc.
      }

 Keeps returning

 main.d(173): Error: undefined identifier 'LoadShader' in module
 'ResourceManager'

This suggests that you simply `import ResourceManager;` in main.d.

Just `ResourceManager` is the module then.
`ResourceManager.ResourceManager` would be the class.
`ResourceManager.ResourceManager.LoadShader` would be the function.
And `ResourceManager.LoadShader` doesn't exist, as there is no symbol 
`LoadShader` at module scope.

Instead of using that long, repetitive name, you can use a selective 
import to have `ResourceManager` refer to the class instead of the 
module: `import ResourceManager: ResourceManager;`.

By the way, module names are all lower-case by convention, mainly to 
avoid problems with case-insensitive file systems. That means, the 
source file would usually be called resourcemanager.d or 
resource_manager.d. That would also avoid the name clash.

Also, a one-to-one relation between modules and classes is not usually 
followed in D. But if you want you can do that, of course.

WhatMeWorry <kheaser gmail.com> writes:

On Friday, 11 March 2016 at 23:14:48 UTC, ag0aep6g wrote:
 On 11.03.2016 23:47, WhatMeWorry wrote:
 [...]

 This suggests that you simply `import ResourceManager;` in 
 main.d.

 [...]

Very good. Thanks for the fix and the pointers.  I'm porting C++ 
code over, and it has corrupted me.  I'll adopt all your 
suggestions.