On Wednesday, 14 November 2012 at 13:28:05 UTC, Tove wrote:
// in this nested scope, all uints are interpreted as belonging
to the thrift module.
[std.attributes(uint, thrift)]
struct UserProfile
...
// error detected at compile-time
[std.attributes(uint, thrift), std.attributes(uint, thrift2)]
struct UserProfile
...
»interpreted as belonging to the thrift module« – what do you
even mean by that? As of now, UDAs are just a way to tuck
arbitrary symbols onto declarations. There is no concept of
»belonging« to a module, and I don't think there should be.
Also, your solution is more complex than simply using types, yet
less flexible: What if you want to use "uint" attributes from two
libraries on the same type?
David
