Hi Matthias,
> Well, apparently storing objects in a List is esoteric,
> because the compiler will let obvious type errors pass:
>
> var l1 = new ArrayList<Foo>();
> ArrayList<Object> l2 = l1;
> l2.add(new Object());
> Foo f = l1[0]; // f has type Foo but points to an Object, no cast is needed.
>
> And apparently creating a delegate that takes a generic type as an argument is
> also esoteric, because that makes the compiler crash:
> class Foo<T> {
> public delegate void del(T t);
> public del bla() {
> return y => {};
> }
> }
>
> Bindings to C functions with a generic type are obviously something only a
> poser would do. Surely that's the only reason why simple_generics was added:
> [CCode(simple_generics = true)]
> extern GLib.HashTable<K, V> g_hash_table_ref<K, V>(GLib.HashTable<K, V> ht);
> Calls to a function defined like this will lead to broken C code being
> generated.
Thanks – these look like valid issues to me.
Could we burden you with opening bugs for those issues or did you already?
Cheers,
:M:
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