Re: typedef deprecated - now what ?

2012-01-01 Thread Stewart Gordon 

On 31/12/2011 13:34, Trass3r wrote:

Basically it was deprecated because it's poorly defined and implemented.

snip

Would you care to elaborate?  Moreover, if that's the only reason then 
why not improve it rather than getting rid of it?



There are several types of typedefs that need to be available: parallel,
opaque, supertype and subtype.
See http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=5467


I see.  So the built-in typedef is closest in semantics to subtype, but 
leaves bits to be desired.


Stewart.

Re: typedef deprecated - now what ?

2011-12-31 Thread Stewart Gordon 

On 30/12/2011 10:35, Stephan wrote:

is there a template or something in phobos to get the same typesafe
behaviour of good old typedef ?


Could someone please provide a link to the thread with the reasons for 
deprecating typedef?  There are too many threads with the words 
typedef and deprecate in them for me to find it easily.


Stewart.

typedef deprecated - now what ?

2011-12-30 Thread Stephan 
is there a template or something in phobos to get the same typesafe 
behaviour of good old typedef ?


S.

Re: typedef deprecated - now what ?

2011-12-30 Thread Caligo 
On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 4:35 AM, Stephan s...@extrawurst.org wrote:

 is there a template or something in phobos to get the same typesafe
 behaviour of good old typedef ?

 S.


Get over it, move on, and hope they fix the thousands of bugs left in DMD.

P.S.
use `alias`.

Re: typedef deprecated - now what ?

2011-12-30 Thread Trass3r 
is there a template or something in phobos to get the same typesafe  
behaviour of good old typedef ?


I've brought this up several times.
People just don't give a shit.

http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=5467

Re: typedef deprecated - now what ?

2011-12-30 Thread Jonathan M Davis 
On Friday, December 30, 2011 11:35:28 Stephan wrote:
 is there a template or something in phobos to get the same typesafe
 behaviour of good old typedef ?

There's a pull request being reviewed but nothing in Phobos yet.

https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/phobos/pull/300

- Jonathan M Davis

Re: typedef deprecated - now what ?

2011-12-30 Thread Stephan 

On 30.12.2011 12:09, Trass3r wrote:

is there a template or something in phobos to get the same typesafe
behaviour of good old typedef ?


I've brought this up several times.
People just don't give a shit.

http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=5467


thats too bad. pull request looks good. i voted for the ticket, but i 
guess that no one gives shit about that either :(

Re: typedef deprecated - now what ?

2011-12-30 Thread Torarin 
2011/12/30 Stephan s...@extrawurst.org:
 On 30.12.2011 12:09, Trass3r wrote:

 is there a template or something in phobos to get the same typesafe
 behaviour of good old typedef ?


 I've brought this up several times.
 People just don't give a shit.

 http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=5467


 thats too bad. pull request looks good. i voted for the ticket, but i guess
 that no one gives shit about that either :(

Sure they give a shit. :-) I think Andrei is currently looking into
ProxyOf for a new reference-counting type constructor.

Torarin