Re: alias this and initialisation

[lalit.singhh via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Monday, 25 May 2020 at 01:35:47 UTC, Danni Coy wrote:

can anybody tell me why

struct S
{
int x;
alias x this;
}

void test()
{
S s;
s = 8; // this works
S s = 8 // but this does not?
}

Re: alias this and initialisation

[Adam D. Ruppe via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Monday, 25 May 2020 at 01:35:47 UTC, Danni Coy wrote:

s = 8; // this works
S s = 8 // but this does not?
}


alias this only applies if you already have an object. 
Construction is too soon.


You can add a constructor to make that work though.

Re: alias this and initialisation

[Ali Çehreli via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On 5/24/20 6:35 PM, Danni Coy wrote:> can anybody tell me why
>
> struct S
> {
>  int x;
>  alias x this;
> }
>
> void test()
> {
>  S s;
>  s = 8; // this works
>  S s = 8 // but this does not?
> }

alias this is for implicit conversion, which requires an object to 
convert from. The second case above is about constructing an object.


That's probably why it works that way.

Ali

alias this and initialisation

[Danni Coy via Digitalmars-d-learn]

can anybody tell me why

struct S
{
int x;
alias x this;
}

void test()
{
S s;
s = 8; // this works
S s = 8 // but this does not?
}