Today I stumbled over this error:
elsestaticif.d
```
import std.stdio;
void insert () ()
{
// some code
}
void insert (T, Args ...) (T x, Args args)
{
static if (T.stringof == "int") {{
`int`.writeln;
}}
else if (T.stringof == "bool") {{ // ← "static" is missing here
`bool`.writeln;
}}
else static if (T.stringof == "string") {{
`string`.writeln;
}}
else {{
static assert (false);
}}
return insert (args);
}
void main ()
{
insert (1, true, "string");
}
```
$ dmd elsestaticif
elsestaticif.d(20): Error: static assert: false is false
elsestaticif.d(22): instantiated from here: insert!(bool,
string)
elsestaticif.d(27): instantiated from here: insert!(int,
bool, string)
What confuses me is that D allows non-static else mixed with
static else if clauses. I found this bug:
https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1053
Issue 1053 - Make 'static else if' or 'static if (...) {...}
else if' work
which states:
On the other hand, I'm pretty sure
static if (foo) { }
else if (bar) { }
is an error currently, so it would be nice if that were just
taken to be a
"static else if". There isn't a "static else {}" so why
should we have to
repeat the "static" on an "else if"? One "static" should be
enough.
That sounds reasonable. Is there any further discussion on this
problem?
