• Jakob Praher (24/24) Apr 02 2007 hi all,
• Jarrett Billingsley (3/7) Apr 02 2007 Nope.
• janderson (54/91) Apr 02 2007 You could use inheritance:
• Ary Manzana (16/27) Apr 02 2007 Actually, the code above dosen't compile: "parenthesized
• janderson (6/38) Apr 02 2007 Thanks,

Jakob Praher <jp hapra.at> writes:

hi all,

I am new to D.
I was wondering wheather D supports some kind of partial class 
definition, that means one class that is implemented in several 
translation units?


Foo.d:
class Foo
{
    XMLNode toXML();


    void process()
    {
        XMLNode node = this.toXML();
        //...
    }

}

FooXml.d:

class Foo {

    XMLNode toXML()
    {
       //...
    }
}

thanks
-- Jakob

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

"Jakob Praher" <jp hapra.at> wrote in message 
news:euqjjs$2fve$1 digitalmars.com...
 hi all,

 I am new to D.
 I was wondering wheather D supports some kind of partial class definition, 
 that means one class that is implemented in several translation units?

Nope. 

janderson <askme me.com> writes:

Jakob Praher wrote:
 hi all,
 
 I am new to D.
 I was wondering wheather D supports some kind of partial class 
 definition, that means one class that is implemented in several 
 translation units?
 
 
 Foo.d:
 class Foo
 {
    XMLNode toXML();
 
 
    void process()
    {
        XMLNode node = this.toXML();
        //...
    }
 
 }
 
 FooXml.d:
 
 class Foo {
 
    XMLNode toXML()
    {
       //...
    }
 }
 
 thanks
 -- Jakob


You could use inheritance:

  Foo.d:
  class Foo
  {
     abstract XMLNode toXML();


     void process()
     {
         XMLNode node = this.toXML();
         //...
     }

  }

 FooXml.d:

  class Foo2 : Foo
  {

     XMLNode toXML()
     {
        //...
     }
  }

Or you could use mixins:

template Part1
{
     void process()
     {
         XMLNode node = this.toXML();
         //...
     }
};




 FooXml.d:

  class Foo2
  {
     mixin Part1;

     XMLNode toXML()
     {
        //...
     }
  }

Or you could use a slightly more hacky import:

Part1.d
     void process()
     {
         XMLNode node = this.toXML();
         //...
     }


 FooXml.d:

  class Foo2
  {
     import("Part1.d");

     XMLNode toXML()
     {
        //...
     }
  }

Not quite as tiny as what you request, but close enough in my opinion 
and they allow better reuse. Of course you probably would give the 
moduals better logical and reusable names.

Ary Manzana <ary esperanto.org.ar> writes:

janderson escribió:
 Jakob Praher wrote:
 Or you could use mixins:
 
 template Part1
 {
     void process()
     {
         XMLNode node = this.toXML();
         //...
     }
 };

Actually, the code above dosen't compile: "parenthesized 
TemplateParameterList expected following TemplateIdentifier".

So you have to write:

template Part1()
{
     void process()
     {
         XMLNode node = this.toXML();
         //...
     }
};

Is there any reason the parenthesis are mandatory for no-arguments 
templates?

I propose to remove this restriction to allow cleaner syntax for 
templates that dosen't recieve any parameters.

janderson <askme me.com> writes:

Ary Manzana wrote:
 janderson escribió:
 Jakob Praher wrote:
 Or you could use mixins:

 template Part1
 {
     void process()
     {
         XMLNode node = this.toXML();
         //...
     }
 };

 
 Actually, the code above dosen't compile: "parenthesized 
 TemplateParameterList expected following TemplateIdentifier".
 
 So you have to write:
 
 template Part1()
 {
     void process()
     {
         XMLNode node = this.toXML();
         //...
     }
 };

Thanks,

Actually I haven't tested any of the code above.  You'll of course need 
to use import to make the other file available.


 
 Is there any reason the parenthesis are mandatory for no-arguments 
 templates?
 
 I propose to remove this restriction to allow cleaner syntax for 
 templates that dosen't recieve any parameters.

I agree, then it would make switching from classes to templates more 
generic.