• jicman (10/10) Jul 20 2007 I made some changes to my program, and suddenly I am getting this error:
• BCS (5/16) Jul 20 2007 take a look at c:\dmd\src\phobos\std\traits.d(72) (it's part of phobos)
• Christopher Wright (12/30) Jul 20 2007 More likely it's being used with a function that doesn't take

jicman <cabrera_ _wrc.xerox.com> writes:

I made some changes to my program, and suddenly I am getting this error:

11:13:58.44>build -I..;c:\dmd\import -version=gui -version=Phobos OpenProjs.d
c:\dmd\src\phobos\std\traits.d(72): static assert  "argument has no parameters"

I could probably do some undo's and get it back to where it compiles, but,
just wanted to let you know about this one. This is using dmd version,

11:14:07.81>dmd
Digital Mars D Compiler v1.018
Copyright (c) 1999-2007 by Digital Mars written by Walter Bright
Documentation: http://www.digitalmars.com/d/1.0/index.html

Any thoughts?

BCS <ao pathlink.com> writes:

Reply to jicman,

 I made some changes to my program, and suddenly I am getting this
 error:
 
 11:13:58.44>build -I..;c:\dmd\import -version=gui -version=Phobos
 OpenProjs.d c:\dmd\src\phobos\std\traits.d(72): static assert
 "argument has no parameters"
 
 I could probably do some undo's and get it back to where it compiles,
 but, just wanted to let you know about this one. This is using dmd
 version,
 

take a look at c:\dmd\src\phobos\std\traits.d(72) (it's part of phobos) 

It is in the ParameterTypeTuple template and I would guess from the looks 
of it you are using it with a non-function type.

BTW static assert errors are D's way of letting code define it's own errors.

Christopher Wright <dhasenan gmail.com> writes:

BCS wrote:
 Reply to jicman,
 
 I made some changes to my program, and suddenly I am getting this
 error:

 11:13:58.44>build -I..;c:\dmd\import -version=gui -version=Phobos
 OpenProjs.d c:\dmd\src\phobos\std\traits.d(72): static assert
 "argument has no parameters"

 I could probably do some undo's and get it back to where it compiles,
 but, just wanted to let you know about this one. This is using dmd
 version,

 
 take a look at c:\dmd\src\phobos\std\traits.d(72) (it's part of phobos)
 It is in the ParameterTypeTuple template and I would guess from the 
 looks of it you are using it with a non-function type.
 

More likely it's being used with a function that doesn't take 
parameters, like the error message stated. ParameterTypeTuple could 
return an empty tuple in that case but doesn't. I've submitted a patch 
that would fix the issue, but it hasn't been accepted.

On the other hand, my patch would return an empty tuple if you gave it 
an integer, a string, a struct, a wedge of cheese....so maybe that's not 
the most reliable answer.

ReturnType is in a similar situation; give it a void function and it'll 
static assert you. Of course, you generally do need to have a special 
case for void functions, but in that case we would want a separate 
IsNotVoid template.