On Friday, 4 September 2020 at 10:16:47 UTC, 60rntogo wrote:
Consider the following code.
foo.d
---
module foo;
struct Foo
{
private int i;
}
---
main.d
---
void main()
{
import std.stdio;
import foo;
auto x = Foo();
writeln(x);
// ++x.i;
++x.tupleof[0];
writeln(x);
}
---
As expected, the commented line does not compile. If I
uncomment it, I get the error "no property i for type foo.Foo".
However, the rest of the code compiles just fine and outputs:
---
Foo(0)
Foo(1)
---
This appears to defeat the purpose of declaring i private. What
am I missing?
It's a known issue: https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19326
There are some very good reasons to allow some access to private
fields, though it should be more limited than is currently the
case.
--
Simen
