Re: recursive alias declaration

[Ali Çehreli]

On 07/23/2013 10:00 AM, Namespace wrote:

Did I miss something or is this a bug?

----
import std.stdio;

struct Rect(T) {
public:
     bool intersects(ref const Rect!T rhs, ShortRect* overlap = null) {
         return false;
     }
}

alias FloatRect = Rect!float;
alias ShortRect = Rect!short;

void main() {

}
----

print:
tpl_bug.d(11): Error: alias tpl_bug.ShortRect recursive alias declaration
tpl_bug.d(11): Error: template instance tpl_bug.Rect!(short) error
instantiating
tpl_bug.d(10): Error: template instance tpl_bug.Rect!(float) error
instantiating

dmd 2.063.2, Windows

Seems the Compiler is a bit confused. If I change 'ShortRect* overlap'
to 'Rect!short' or 'Rect!T' everything works fine.

Looks like a bug to me.

Ali