On 09/25/2012 01:53 PM, Manu wrote:
So I have this recurring pattern, it's really starting to annoy me. It stems from the fact that a function prototype and the definition can not appear in the same file in D (as it can in C/C++) Eg,void func(int x); // <-- declaration of function, informs type and associated names, args, ... //later void func(int x) // <-- may be generated with magic (and may use the prototype declaration for type information as declared by the prototype above) { ... do stuff } I really need this. Why is it illegal? Is there chance of having this supported? What are the problems? ...
It is illegal because nobody has written code to support it. It should be possible to support it. I don't think there are any problems with the concept.
