On Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:50:48 -0000, Adam <a...@anizi.com> wrote:
Ok, starting to feel like I'm missing something obvious...
This:
void main() {
Child child = new Child;
}
also produces the (expected) error. Basically dmd was letting you get
away with the abstract class because you never instantiated it.
Child child;
is just a reference to a Child class.
You could argue the compiler should error in either case, in fact, I
would. But perhaps there is a good generic programming reason not to...
someone more experienced might be able to shed some light on it.
Regan
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