On 26 November 2012 18:44, Adam D. Ruppe <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Monday, 26 November 2012 at 16:32:17 UTC, Manu wrote:
>
>> And fail! functionAttributes breaks when I pass basically anything that's
>> not a function >_<
>>
>
> Blargh.. they do that purposefully to, there's a check if(isCallable!T) on
> the thingy.
>
>
> You could use that same check though: if !isCallable!T, it cannot be a
> property right now, so no need to do the other check.
>
>
> template isProperty(T) if(isCallable!T) {
> enum bool isProperty = (functionAttributes!T & FuncAttribute.property)
> ? true : false;
> }
>
> template isProperty(T) if(!isCallable!T) {
> enum bool isProperty = false; // it isn't callable, so can't be a
> property
> }
>
Error: variable isProperty cannot be read at compile time
...I think I give up. I can't afford to spend any more time on this.
TL;DR, std.traits is extremely brittle, and rather incomplete. As a
programmer with deadlines trying to get work done, it is just not yet
acceptable >_<
