Re: Is there a nice syntax to achieve optional named parameters?

2019-01-21 Thread John Burton via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Monday, 21 January 2019 at 07:57:58 UTC, Simen Kjærås wrote: On Saturday, 19 January 2019 at 14:26:31 UTC, Zenw wrote: On Tuesday, 15 January 2019 at 11:14:54 UTC, John Burton wrote: [...] how about this auto With(string code,T)(T value) { with(value) { mixin(code ~";");

Re: Is there a nice syntax to achieve optional named parameters?

2019-01-21 Thread Simen Kjærås via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Saturday, 19 January 2019 at 14:26:31 UTC, Zenw wrote: On Tuesday, 15 January 2019 at 11:14:54 UTC, John Burton wrote: As an example let's say I have a type 'Window' that represents a win32 window. I'd like to be able to construct an instance of the type with some optional parameters that de

Re: Is there a nice syntax to achieve optional named parameters?

2019-01-19 Thread Zenw via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Tuesday, 15 January 2019 at 11:14:54 UTC, John Burton wrote: As an example let's say I have a type 'Window' that represents a win32 window. I'd like to be able to construct an instance of the type with some optional parameters that default to some reasonable settings and create the underlyin

Re: Is there a nice syntax to achieve optional named parameters?

2019-01-18 Thread Neia Neutuladh via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Fri, 18 Jan 2019 09:39:31 +, John Burton wrote: > On Thursday, 17 January 2019 at 01:43:42 UTC, SrMordred wrote: > >> struct Config { >> string title; >> int width; >> } >> >> struct Window { >> this(Config config) > > It likely is a bad idea for a small struct like this but

Re: Is there a nice syntax to achieve optional named parameters?

2019-01-18 Thread Kagamin via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Friday, 18 January 2019 at 09:39:31 UTC, John Burton wrote: It likely is a bad idea for a small struct like this but if it was much bigger would it makes sense to write this as :- this(const ref Config config) Which is what you might do in C++ or does D handle this differently? F

Re: Is there a nice syntax to achieve optional named parameters?

2019-01-18 Thread evilrat via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Friday, 18 January 2019 at 09:39:31 UTC, John Burton wrote: On Thursday, 17 January 2019 at 01:43:42 UTC, SrMordred wrote: struct Config { string title; int width; } struct Window { this(Config config) It likely is a bad idea for a small struct like this but if it

Re: Is there a nice syntax to achieve optional named parameters?

2019-01-18 Thread John Burton via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Thursday, 17 January 2019 at 01:43:42 UTC, SrMordred wrote: struct Config { string title; int width; } struct Window { this(Config config) It likely is a bad idea for a small struct like this but if it was much bigger would it makes sense to write this as :-

Re: Is there a nice syntax to achieve optional named parameters?

2019-01-17 Thread Matheus via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Thursday, 17 January 2019 at 16:55:33 UTC, SrMordred wrote: Yes, but there is a mistake there: alias is part of the template: foo(alias x)(){} //note extra parens than u call like an template: foo!"a"; //equivalent = foo!("a")(); foo!1; I see now and thanks. Matheus.

Re: Is there a nice syntax to achieve optional named parameters?

2019-01-17 Thread kdevel via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Thursday, 17 January 2019 at 01:43:42 UTC, SrMordred wrote: On Tuesday, 15 January 2019 at 11:14:54 UTC, John Burton wrote: [...] auto window = Window(); window.title = "My Window"; window.width = 1000; window.create(); [...] Is there a better way that's not ugly? [...] //usage: au

Re: Is there a nice syntax to achieve optional named parameters?

2019-01-17 Thread SrMordred via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Thursday, 17 January 2019 at 12:11:02 UTC, Matheus wrote: foo(alias x){} foo("a"); foo(1); 'x' will be string one time and integer another? Or there is something that I'm missing. Matheus. Yes, but there is a mistake there: alias is part of the template: foo(alias x)(){} //note extra

Re: Is there a nice syntax to achieve optional named parameters?

2019-01-17 Thread Matheus via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Thursday, 17 January 2019 at 01:43:42 UTC, SrMordred wrote: Let me throw this idea here: ... I usually do this too, I like to use struct and then in another language I use reflection do optimize binding. Anyway I understood all your code, except for this "alias code" auto NewWindow( ali

Re: Is there a nice syntax to achieve optional named parameters?

2019-01-17 Thread H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 10:29:13AM +, John Burton via Digitalmars-d-learn wrote: [...] > Well window was just an example really, my real use case is a similar > object that needs a lot of configuration where mostly the default > works but you might want to override, and the config is needed to

Re: Is there a nice syntax to achieve optional named parameters?

2019-01-17 Thread John Burton via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Wednesday, 16 January 2019 at 14:59:01 UTC, Kagamin wrote:> On Tuesday, 15 January 2019 at 11:14:54 UTC, John Burton wrote: auto window = Window(title = "My Window", width = 1000, fullscreen = true); In this particular case I would make the constructor take 3 parameters - title, width and h

Re: Is there a nice syntax to achieve optional named parameters?

2019-01-17 Thread John Burton via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Thursday, 17 January 2019 at 01:43:42 UTC, SrMordred wrote: On Tuesday, 15 January 2019 at 11:14:54 UTC, John Burton wrote: [...] Let me throw this idea here: struct Config { string title; int width; } struct Window { this(Config config) {

Re: Is there a nice syntax to achieve optional named parameters?

2019-01-16 Thread SrMordred via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Tuesday, 15 January 2019 at 11:14:54 UTC, John Burton wrote: As an example let's say I have a type 'Window' that represents a win32 window. I'd like to be able to construct an instance of the type with some optional parameters that default to some reasonable settings and create the underlyin

Re: Is there a nice syntax to achieve optional named parameters?

2019-01-16 Thread Kagamin via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Tuesday, 15 January 2019 at 11:14:54 UTC, John Burton wrote: auto window = Window(title = "My Window", width = 1000, fullscreen = true); In this particular case I would make the constructor take 3 parameters - title, width and height. Full screen is a rare functionality and shouldn't clutt

Re: Is there a nice syntax to achieve optional named parameters?

2019-01-16 Thread John Burton via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Wednesday, 16 January 2019 at 11:21:53 UTC, Dukc wrote: On Tuesday, 15 January 2019 at 11:14:54 UTC, John Burton wrote: This is ok, but I'm not so keen on separating the creation and construction like this. Is there a better way that's not ugly? You can make the constructor a template that

Re: Is there a nice syntax to achieve optional named parameters?

2019-01-16 Thread JN via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Tuesday, 15 January 2019 at 11:14:54 UTC, John Burton wrote: auto window = Window(); window.title = "My Window"; window.width = 1000; window.create(); You can slightly modify it to the way APIs like DirectX or Vulkan do it. auto windowinfo = WindowInfo(); windowinfo.title = "My Window";

Re: Is there a nice syntax to achieve optional named parameters?

2019-01-16 Thread Dukc via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Wednesday, 16 January 2019 at 11:21:53 UTC, Dukc wrote: a template that takes a single struct of arbitrary, meant "of arbitrary type"

Re: Is there a nice syntax to achieve optional named parameters?

2019-01-16 Thread Dukc via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Tuesday, 15 January 2019 at 11:14:54 UTC, John Burton wrote: This is ok, but I'm not so keen on separating the creation and construction like this. Is there a better way that's not ugly? You can make the constructor a template that takes a single struct of arbitrary, and inspects (at compi

Re: Is there a nice syntax to achieve optional named parameters?

2019-01-15 Thread John Burton via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Tuesday, 15 January 2019 at 12:15:41 UTC, rikki cattermole wrote: On 16/01/2019 1:05 AM, John Burton wrote: On Tuesday, 15 January 2019 at 11:26:50 UTC, rikki cattermole wrote: Longer term, you're better off with the builder. Thanks for your reply. But what is the builder? https://en.wiki

Re: Is there a nice syntax to achieve optional named parameters?

2019-01-15 Thread rikki cattermole via Digitalmars-d-learn
On 16/01/2019 1:05 AM, John Burton wrote: On Tuesday, 15 January 2019 at 11:26:50 UTC, rikki cattermole wrote: Longer term, you're better off with the builder. Thanks for your reply. But what is the builder? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Builder_pattern One of the few OOP design patterns tha

Re: Is there a nice syntax to achieve optional named parameters?

2019-01-15 Thread John Burton via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Tuesday, 15 January 2019 at 11:26:50 UTC, rikki cattermole wrote: Longer term, you're better off with the builder. Thanks for your reply. But what is the builder? Creating windows is a very complex task that can balloon in scope. Well that was mostly just an example that I thought people

Re: Is there a nice syntax to achieve optional named parameters?

2019-01-15 Thread rikki cattermole via Digitalmars-d-learn
Longer term, you're better off with the builder. Even with named parameters (2 DIP's are in the queue for adding it). Creating windows is a very complex task that can balloon in scope. Being able to hide it away in a separate type can be quite desirable if you want your windowing library to be