The below code doesn't work unless you uncomment out the alias.  I think the reason for this was explained to me at some point, but I don't remember. Or is it a bug?  I think it should be a bug.

~John Demme

class A
{
        void foo (int i)
        {}
}

class B: A
{
        void foo (int i, int j)
        {}

        /+alias A.foo foo;+/
}

void main()
{
        B b = new B();
        b.foo(5,7);
        b.foo(7);
}

John Demme wrote:

> The below code doesn't work unless you uncomment out the alias.  I think
> the reason for this was explained to me at some point, but I don't
> remember. Or
> is it a bug?  I think it should be a bug.

It's by design, believe it or not ;) It's been a while since the last discussions I think, but it has to do with the overload rules (which apparently is the same as in C++, but different from those in Java). Walter is trying to make these rules simple, although IIRC, the corresponding Java-type rules were equally simple to understand for us mundane. I don't remember how it affected compiler complexity.

> 
> ~John Demme
> 
> class A
> {
>         void foo (int i)
>         {}
> }
> 
> class B: A
> {
>         void foo (int i, int j)
>         {}
> 
>         /+alias A.foo foo;+/
> }
> 
> void main()
> {
>         B b = new B();
>         b.foo(5,7);
>         b.foo(7);
> }

-- 
Lars Ivar Igesund
blog at http://larsivi.net
DSource & #D: larsivi

John Demme wrote:
> The below code doesn't work unless you uncomment out the alias.  I think the
> reason for this was explained to me at some point, but I don't remember. Or
> is it a bug?  I think it should be a bug.
> 
> ~John Demme 
> 
> class A
> {
>         void foo (int i)
>         {}
> }
> 
> class B: A
> {
>         void foo (int i, int j)
>         {}
> 
>         /+alias A.foo foo;+/
> }
> 
> void main()
> {
>         B b = new B();
>         b.foo(5,7);
>         b.foo(7);
> }


It was mentioned in: news://news.digitalmars.com:119/e3knre$2vp1$1@digitaldaemon.com

namely:

> In http://www.digitalmars.com/d/function.html , "Function Inheritance
> and Overriding" it is said:
> "However, when doing overload resolution, the functions in the base
> class are not considered:"
> If that is the ideal behavior, well, that I'm not sure...

-- 
Bruno Medeiros - CS/E student
http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?BrunoMedeiros#D

In article <e4lnue$s42$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Bruno Medeiros says...
>
>John Demme wrote:
>> The below code doesn't work unless you uncomment out the alias.  I think
the
>> reason for this was explained to me at some point, but I don't remember. Or is it a bug?  I think it should be a bug.
>> 
>> ~John Demme
>> 
>> class A
>> {
>>         void foo (int i)
>>         {}
>> }
>> 
>> class B: A
>> {
>>         void foo (int i, int j)
>>         {}
>> 
>>         /+alias A.foo foo;+/
>> }
>> 
>> void main()
>> {
>>         B b = new B();
>>         b.foo(5,7);
>>         b.foo(7);
>> }
>
>
>It was mentioned in: news://news.digitalmars.com:119/e3knre$2vp1$1@digitaldaemon.com
>
>namely:
>
> > In http://www.digitalmars.com/d/function.html , "Function Inheritance
> > and Overriding" it is said:
> > "However, when doing overload resolution, the functions in the base
> > class are not considered:"
> > If that is the ideal behavior, well, that I'm not sure...
>
>-- 
>Bruno Medeiros - CS/E student http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?BrunoMedeiros#D


Ach!! ... Just a pain in the ass in my opinion-- I have to remember to put in aliases for each method.

Thanks for the links.

~John