On Saturday, 7 September 2013 at 13:02:39 UTC, Simen Kjaeraas
wrote:
It's a bit weird in D though, as operators are instance
methods, and
opImplicitRightCast (or opImplicitCastFrom, which is the name
used in
discussions before, see WalterAndrei.pdf from back when
dinosaurs roamed the
earth) should definitely not be an instance method but a static
one.
That said, I belive opImplicitCastFrom is The Right Solution™.
It's explicit,
it's a bit ugly, but not so much it hurts.
Yes, "opImplicitCastFrom" looks better. I didn't know about
"WalterAndrei.pdf" file. Can you give me a link to the file? It's
intresting to read.
In C# this operator is static:
class Foo {
public Foo(int temp)
{
}
public static implicit operator Foo(int temp) {
return new Foo(temp);
}
}
So, I agree, the "opImplicitCastFrom" should be also static.
