On Monday, 28 August 2017 at 22:28:18 UTC, Moritz Maxeiner wrote:
On Monday, 28 August 2017 at 21:52:58 UTC, Andre Pany wrote:
[...]

To make my question short:) If ColumnsArray is a class I can access the attribute "reference" but not if it is a struct. I would rather prefer a struct, but with a struct
it seems I cannot access "reference".

How can I access "reference" from my inner struct?

[...]

Add an explicit class reference member to to it:
---
class TCustomGrid: TCustomPresentedScrollBox
{
        struct ColumnsArray
        {
                TCustomGrid parent;

                TColumn opIndex(int index)
                {
int r = getIntegerIndexedPropertyReference(reference, "Columns", index);
                        return new TColumn(r);
                }
        }
        
        ColumnsArray Columns;

        this()
        {
                Columns = ColumnsArray(this);
        }
...
}
---

Nesting structs inside anything other than functions[1] is for visibility/protection encapsulation and namespacing only.

[1] non-static structs in functions are special as they have access to the surrounding stack frame

Unfortunately thats not possible. ColumnsArray and the attribute will become a string mixin to avoid boilerplate.

It would be error prone if I have to initialize them in the constructor too. I want just 1 single coding line for this property. That is also the reason I do not want to use a class, as I would have to initialize them in the constructor.

Kind regards
André

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