[Question] Could a function return a list of arguments to call another function?

2013-06-28 Thread MattCoder
Hi, I would like to know if it's possible to pass the return of a function as argument to another function as below: import std.stdio; auto foo(int x, int y){ writeln(x, y); return 3, 4; } void main(){ foo(foo(1,2)); } I would like to print: 1 2 3 4 PS: I tried

Re: [Question] Could a function return a list of arguments to call another function?

2013-06-28 Thread Ellery Newcomer
On 06/28/2013 11:07 AM, MattCoder wrote: Hi, I would like to know if it's possible to pass the return of a function as argument to another function as below: import std.stdio; auto foo(int x, int y){ writeln(x, y); return 3, 4; } void main(){ foo(foo(1,2)); } I would like to

Re: [Question] Could a function return a list of arguments to call another function?

2013-06-28 Thread Simen Kjaeraas
On Fri, 28 Jun 2013 20:07:23 +0200, MattCoder mattco...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi, I would like to know if it's possible to pass the return of a function as argument to another function as below: import std.stdio; auto foo(int x, int y){ writeln(x, y); return 3, 4; } void

Re: [Question] Could a function return a list of arguments to call another function?

2013-06-28 Thread MattCoder
On Friday, 28 June 2013 at 19:39:41 UTC, Ellery Newcomer wrote: However, they can return std.typecons.Tuple, so you could do this: auto foo(int i, int j) { writeln(i, , j); return tuple(3,4); } void main() { foo(foo(1,2).field); } Hi Ellery, Thanks for your help, it works

Re: [Question] Could a function return a list of arguments to call another function?

2013-06-28 Thread MattCoder
On Friday, 28 June 2013 at 19:43:37 UTC, Simen Kjaeraas wrote: import std.stdio; import std.typecons : tuple; auto foo(int x, int y){ writeln(x, y); return tuple(3, 4); } void main(){ foo(foo(1,2).tupleof); } Hi Simen, Thanks for your help too, it worked!

Re: [Question] Could a function return a list of arguments to call another function?

2013-06-28 Thread David
However, they can return std.typecons.Tuple, so you could do this: auto foo(int i, int j) { writeln(i, , j); return tuple(3,4); } void main() { foo(foo(1,2).field); } field is deprecated in favor of expand