Re: Generate toString() method at compile time

[ketmar]

that's what i did in a hurry. it seems to work, but the code is 
very ugly.

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import std.conv, std.stdio, std.string, std.traits;

string gen_printer (alias cn) () {
  string res = "override string toString () {\nstring res = `" ~ 
cn.stringof ~ "(`;\n";
  bool need_comma = false;
  foreach (i, m; __traits(derivedMembers, cn)) {
    static if (!isCallable!(__traits(getMember, cn, m)) /*&& m != 
"Monitor"*/) {
      if (need_comma) res ~= `res ~= ", ";`; else need_comma = 
true;
      res ~= "res~=`" ~ m ~ " = `~to!string(" ~ m ~ ");";
    }
  }
  res ~= "res~=`)`;\n";
  res ~= "return res;\n}\n";
  return res;
}


class Foo {
  int x;
  int y;

  void test () {}

  mixin(gen_printer!Foo);
}


void main () {
  auto foo = new Foo;
  foo.x = 1;
  foo.y = 2;
  writefln("%s", foo); // prints "Foo(x = 1, y = 2)"
}
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