Re: Why does stringof not like functions with arguments?
On Thursday, 10 August 2017 at 14:51:22 UTC, Meta wrote:
On Wednesday, 9 August 2017 at 01:39:07 UTC, Jason Brady wrote:
Why does the following code error out with:
app.d(12,10): Error: function app.FunctionWithArguments (uint
i) is not callable using argument types ()
Code:
import std.stdio;
void FunctionWithoutArguments() {
}
void FunctionWithArguments(uint i) {
}
void main()
{
writeln(FunctionWithoutArguments.stringof);
writeln(FunctionWithArguments.stringof);
}
Welcome to optional parentheses hell. Please enjoy your stay.
[...]
Muahahaha it's necromancy time!
... meaning I just ran into this problem. Again. And it sucked.
And I found this thread. Again. Now it's time for me to be less
of a dummy and post my solution.
This seems to have different solutions depending on what you want
out of the function symbol. The advice already given in this
thread is great if you want to print the function's name (and
maybe a couple other things I already forgot).
But what I needed was to print the function's *signature*.
Basically, I want to
writeln(FunctionWithArguments.stringof);
and get this output:
void FunctionWithArguments(uint i)
I didn't quite get there. I got this far:
void(uint i)
But for what I'm doing right now, that's good enough.
Alright here's how it's done:
writeln(typeof(FunctionWithArguments).stringof);
So it was ultimately really easy. At least, for this one very
specific use-case. I just about kicked myself.
The previous example then becomes this:
import std.stdio;
void FunctionWithoutArguments() {
}
void FunctionWithArguments(uint i) {
}
void main()
{
writeln(typeof(FunctionWithoutArguments).stringof);
writeln(typeof(FunctionWithArguments).stringof);
}
I needed this when writing a program that checks for whether
functions visible from alias-this statements are included in the
results of __traits(getOverloads,...).
Here is the end result:
https://pastebin.com/yj3idDhp
And no. No they are not. :3
Re: Why does stringof not like functions with arguments?
On Thursday, 10 August 2017 at 15:55:41 UTC, Jason Brady wrote:
Wow. That makes perfect sense. I forgot stringof works only
with expressions
It works with symbols too. See the following:
template test(){}
pragma(msg, test.stringof);
Re: Why does stringof not like functions with arguments?
On Thursday, 10 August 2017 at 14:51:22 UTC, Meta wrote: Welcome to optional parentheses hell. Please enjoy your stay. Because function calls in D can optionally omit the parens, `FunctionWithArguments.stringof` is actually attempting to call `FunctionWithArguments` without any arguments, and then call `stringof` on the result. In other words, it's actually trying to do this: writeln(FunctionWithArguments().stringof); And the D compiler is rightly telling you that you can't call the function with no arguments. The easiest solution is to use __traits(identifier) instead: writeln(__traits(identifier, FunctionWithArguments)); You can make a handy template helper to do this for you: enum stringOf(alias symbol) = __traits(identifier, symbol); writeln(stringOf!FunctionWithArguments); Wow. That makes perfect sense. I forgot stringof works only with expressions and that a function name is a valid expression in the case of UCF. I already found the __traits as a workaround, but the template helper is a great idea. Thanks!
Re: Why does stringof not like functions with arguments?
On Wednesday, 9 August 2017 at 01:39:07 UTC, Jason Brady wrote:
Why does the following code error out with:
app.d(12,10): Error: function app.FunctionWithArguments (uint
i) is not callable using argument types ()
Code:
import std.stdio;
void FunctionWithoutArguments() {
}
void FunctionWithArguments(uint i) {
}
void main()
{
writeln(FunctionWithoutArguments.stringof);
writeln(FunctionWithArguments.stringof);
}
Welcome to optional parentheses hell. Please enjoy your stay.
Because function calls in D can optionally omit the parens,
`FunctionWithArguments.stringof` is actually attempting to call
`FunctionWithArguments` without any arguments, and then call
`stringof` on the result. In other words, it's actually trying to
do this:
writeln(FunctionWithArguments().stringof);
And the D compiler is rightly telling you that you can't call the
function with no arguments. The easiest solution is to use
__traits(identifier) instead:
writeln(__traits(identifier, FunctionWithArguments));
You can make a handy template helper to do this for you:
enum stringOf(alias symbol) = __traits(identifier, symbol);
writeln(stringOf!FunctionWithArguments);
Re: Why does stringof not like functions with arguments?
On Wednesday, 9 August 2017 at 01:39:07 UTC, Jason Brady wrote:
Why does the following code error out with:
app.d(12,10): Error: function app.FunctionWithArguments (uint
i) is not callable using argument types ()
Like Olivier said, stringof expects a valid expression. There are
a few other options:
module foo;
import std.traits;
pragma(msg, bar(3).stringof); // prints "bar(3)"
pragma(msg, ().stringof); // "& bar"
pragma(msg, fullyQualifiedName!bar);// "foo.bar"
pragma(msg, __traits(identifier, bar)); // "bar"
void bar(int n) {}
Re: Why does stringof not like functions with arguments?
On Wednesday, 9 August 2017 at 01:39:07 UTC, Jason Brady wrote:
Why does the following code error out with:
app.d(12,10): Error: function app.FunctionWithArguments (uint
i) is not callable using argument types ()
Code:
import std.stdio;
void FunctionWithoutArguments() {
}
void FunctionWithArguments(uint i) {
}
void main()
{
writeln(FunctionWithoutArguments.stringof);
writeln(FunctionWithArguments.stringof);
}
I'm not sure how `stringof` actually works, but it expects a
valid expression as its prefix.
`FunctionWithoutArguments` is a valid expression (optional
parentheses), but `FunctionWithArguments` is not.
