• Pedro Lacerda (12/29) Feb 11 2012 Hi all,
• Trass3r (1/1) Feb 12 2012 dmd simply doesn't keep those information about aliases.
• Jonathan M Davis (3/4) Feb 12 2012 Exactly.
• Pedro Lacerda (3/7) Feb 13 2012 Would be bad or hard dmd keep those information, and outputs like gcc "a...
• Jonathan M Davis (7/8) Feb 13 2012 It should be quite possible, but I have no idea how hard it would be.

Pedro Lacerda <pslacerda gmail.com> writes:

Hi all,

When aliases are used I expect to see it names on compile errors. But when
I use:

 struct __Bulk(T) {
     T[] chunks;
 }
 alias __Bulk!(byte) Bulk;
 alias __Bulk!Bulk   MultiBulk;


The compilation error for:

 void question1() {
     Bulk("bad");
 }


is:

 bla.d(12): Error: cannot implicitly convert expression ("bad") of type
 string to byte[]
 bla.d(12): Error: structliteral has no effect in expression
 (__Bulk((__error)))


I expected to see (Bulk((__error))) instead of (__Bulk((__error))).

And the runtime output error for:

 void question2() {
     MultiBulk mb;
     writeln(typeid(mb));
 }


is:

 bla.__Bulk!(__Bulk!(byte)).__Bulk


Despite in runtime I accept don't see aliases name, if it is needed for
accomplish speed.

What are your opinions about these erros output?

Pedro Lacerda

Trass3r <un known.com> writes:

dmd simply doesn't keep those information about aliases.

Jonathan M Davis <jmdavisProg gmx.com> writes:

On Sunday, February 12, 2012 13:00:16 Trass3r wrote:
 dmd simply doesn't keep those information about aliases.

Exactly.

- Jonathan M Davis

Pedro Lacerda <pslacerda gmail.com> writes:

Would be bad or hard dmd keep those information, and outputs like gcc "aka"?

Pedro Lacerda



2012/2/12 Jonathan M Davis <jmdavisProg gmx.com>

 On Sunday, February 12, 2012 13:00:16 Trass3r wrote:
 dmd simply doesn't keep those information about aliases.

 Exactly.

 - Jonathan M Davis

"Jonathan M Davis" <jmdavisProg gmx.com> writes:

On Monday, February 13, 2012 19:59:40 Pedro Lacerda wrote:
 Would be bad or hard dmd keep those information, and outputs like gcc "aka"?

It should be quite possible, but I have no idea how hard it would be. 
Regardless, it's not the kind of change I'd expect anytime soon, because the 
benefits are relatively minor in comparison to fixing bugs. The source is open 
on github for anyone to hack at and submit pull requests if they want to 
though.

- Jonathan M Davis