On Thu, 2017-04-06 at 11:45 -0700, Ali Çehreli via Digitalmars-d-learn wrote: > […] > I think it's just a design choice. C implicitly converts the name of > the > function to a pointer to that function. D requires the explicit & > operator:
One of the dangers of being a bit like and a replacement for another
language is that often people carry ideas over incorrectly, as I have
here.
> alias Func = int function(int);
>
> int foo(int i) {
> return i;
> }
>
> void main() {
> Func[] funcs = [ &foo ];
> }
I just did:
immutable funcs = [tuple(&foo, "foo")];
as I don't need the name of the type, but I do need a string form of
the name of the function.
> Close to what you mentioned, name of the function can be used as an
> alias template parameter:
>
> void bar(alias func)() {
> func(42);
> }
>
> int foo(int i) {
> return i;
> }
>
> void main() {
> bar!foo();
> }
Good to know but for situation here the &foo was what was needed.
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