Kayomn wrote:
I'll give a better example of what it is I'm trying to do.
These are node types. Their contents are not important in this
explanation, only that they operate as a tree structure.
class Node;
class RootNode : Node;
class SpriteNode : Node;
The result of getNodeID on a specific type is always the same. A value
representing it that is applied during compilation. The value does not
matter to the programmer, only that it is unique and gets applied.
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uint nodeId1 = getNodeID!(Node)(); // 0.
uint nodeId2 = getNodeID!(SpriteNode)(); // 1.
uint comparison = getNodeID!(Node)(); // 0.
// True.
if (getNodeID!(Node)() == getNodeID!(Node)()) {
}
// False.
if (getNodeID!(SpriteNode)() == getNodeID!(Node)()) {
}
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it is already done for you, free of charge.
class Node {}
class RootNode : Node {}
class SpriteNode : Node {}
void main () {
auto nodeId1 = typeid(Node);
auto nodeId2 = typeid(SpriteNode);
auto comparison = typeid(Node);
Node n = new SpriteNode();
assert(typeid(Node) is typeid(Node)); // obviously
assert(typeid(SpriteNode) !is typeid(Node)); // sure
assert(typeid(Node) is nodeId1);
assert(typeid(n) is nodeId2);
}
