• nobody (6/6) Feb 20 2008 Digital Mars D Compiler v2.011 on Linux
• Robert Fraser (6/16) Feb 21 2008 See here:
• Sean Reque (2/12) Feb 21 2008 It means the compiler took a shotgun to your class and blew a hole throu...

nobody <no where.com> writes:

Digital Mars D Compiler v2.011 on Linux

My program exit and print out:
Error: hidden method called for ... (a class name)

what does this mean?

Can it also print out the method name that has been "hidden"?

thanks.

Robert Fraser <fraserofthenight gmail.com> writes:

nobody wrote:
 Digital Mars D Compiler v2.011 on Linux
 
 My program exit and print out:
 Error: hidden method called for ... (a class name)
 
 what does this mean?
 
 Can it also print out the method name that has been "hidden"?
 
 thanks.

See here:

http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/function.html

Look under "Overload Sets" slightly less than halfway down the page. For 
the rationale and a better explanation, see:

http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/hijack.html

Sean Reque <seanthenewt yahoo.com> writes:

nobody Wrote:

 Digital Mars D Compiler v2.011 on Linux
 
 My program exit and print out:
 Error: hidden method called for ... (a class name)
 
 what does this mean?
 
 Can it also print out the method name that has been "hidden"?
 
 thanks.

It means the compiler took a shotgun to your class and blew a hole through its
v-table. It then failed to so much as notify you before handing it back to
you... in pieces.