Re: What is this strange alias syntax?

[Simen Kjaeraas]

On Sat, 21 May 2011 05:12:20 +0200, Andrej Mitrovic <n...@none.none> wrote:

Taken from the docs:

alias int func(int);
void main()
{
    if ( is(func[]) )               // not satisfied because arrays of
        writeln("satisfied");    // functions are not allowed
    else
        writeln("not satisfied");
}

It will print not satisfied. But I'm not sure what func is supposed to be? An alias.. to what? I can't declare variables of its type:

    func x;
    error:  variable test.main.x cannot be declared to be a function

Of course if you write the alias the usual way it will print 'satisfied'. Nothing strange about having an array of functions in D:

alias int function(int) func;
void main()
{
    if ( is(func[]) )
        writeln("satisfied");
    else
        writeln("not satisfied");
}

It's the old C syntax for defining function pointers. Well, without the
pointer. And that last part is important, because the latter example is
an array of function pointers, with which D has no issue.

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  Simen