I decided to try using template mixin, but even the simplest program fails. What's wrong with this code? Error list follows.
DMD64 D Compiler v2.057  OSX 10.6

import std.stdio;

mixin template helpMe()
{
   writeln("Satisfying!");
}

void main()
{
   mixin helpMe();
}

test.d(5): unexpected ( in declarator
test.d(5): basic type expected, not "Satisfying!"
test.d(5): found '"Satisfying!"' when expecting ')'
test.d(5): no identifier for declarator writeln(int)
test.d(5): semicolon expected following function declaration
test.d(5): Declaration expected, not ')'
test.d(10): ';' expected after mixin
test.d(10): found ')' instead of statement

On 02/21/2012 10:47 AM, Zach the Mystic wrote:
> I decided to try using template mixin, but even the simplest program
> fails. What's wrong with this code? Error list follows.
> DMD64 D Compiler v2.057 OSX 10.6
>
> import std.stdio;
>
> mixin template helpMe()
> {
> writeln("Satisfying!");
> }
>
> void main()
> {
> mixin helpMe();
> }
>
> test.d(5): unexpected ( in declarator
> test.d(5): basic type expected, not "Satisfying!"
> test.d(5): found '"Satisfying!"' when expecting ')'
> test.d(5): no identifier for declarator writeln(int)
> test.d(5): semicolon expected following function declaration
> test.d(5): Declaration expected, not ')'
> test.d(10): ';' expected after mixin
> test.d(10): found ')' instead of statement
>

According to the docs, template mixins can have only declarations but helpMe above has a statement.

  http://dlang.org/template-mixin.html

Ali

On 2012-02-21 20:53, Ali Çehreli wrote:
> On 02/21/2012 10:47 AM, Zach the Mystic wrote:
>  > I decided to try using template mixin, but even the simplest program
>  > fails. What's wrong with this code? Error list follows.
>  > DMD64 D Compiler v2.057 OSX 10.6
>  >
>  > import std.stdio;
>  >
>  > mixin template helpMe()
>  > {
>  > writeln("Satisfying!");
>  > }
>  >
>  > void main()
>  > {
>  > mixin helpMe();
>  > }
>  >
>  > test.d(5): unexpected ( in declarator
>  > test.d(5): basic type expected, not "Satisfying!"
>  > test.d(5): found '"Satisfying!"' when expecting ')'
>  > test.d(5): no identifier for declarator writeln(int)
>  > test.d(5): semicolon expected following function declaration
>  > test.d(5): Declaration expected, not ')'
>  > test.d(10): ';' expected after mixin
>  > test.d(10): found ')' instead of statement
>  >
>
> According to the docs, template mixins can have only declarations but
> helpMe above has a statement.
>
> http://dlang.org/template-mixin.html
>
> Ali
>

And the correct syntax for mixing in the template would be:

mixin helpMe!();

Or

mixin helpMe; // works if the template doesn't take any arguments

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg

On 02/21/2012 01:53 PM, Ali Çehreli wrote:
>
> According to the docs, template mixins can have only declarations but
> helpMe above has a statement.
>
> http://dlang.org/template-mixin.html
>
> Ali
>

come to think of it, I've occasionally wished for statement mixins. This would make a good enhancement request.

On 2/21/12 2:53 PM, Ali Çehreli wrote:
> According to the docs, template mixins can have only declarations but
> helpMe above has a statement.
>
> http://dlang.org/template-mixin.html
>
> Ali
>

Thanks for your reply. You're right about the statement. But I still think something's wrong. For example, even this program produces the errors:

import std.stdio;

mixin template helpMe()
{
   writeln("Satisfying!");
}

void main(){}

test.d(5): unexpected ( in declarator
test.d(5): basic type expected, not "Satisfying!"
test.d(5): found '"Satisfying!"' when expecting ')'
test.d(5): no identifier for declarator writeln(int)
test.d(5): semicolon expected following function declaration
test.d(5): Declaration expected, not ')'

The parser just isn't recognizing the presence of the template mixin format. The errors happen instantly, which generally happens only when you have parser errors. I don't know, but I think there might be some stupid typo in the source code for the current dmd I'm using (2.057 Mac OSX 10.6). I'd have to download another version, but I was distracted by other things.

Zach

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 05:27:03PM -0500, Zach the Mystic wrote:
> On 2/21/12 2:53 PM, Ali Çehreli wrote:
> >According to the docs, template mixins can have only declarations but helpMe above has a statement.
> >
> >http://dlang.org/template-mixin.html
> >
> >Ali
> >
> 
> Thanks for your reply. You're right about the statement. But I still think something's wrong. For example, even this program produces the errors:
> 
> import std.stdio;
> 
> mixin template helpMe()
> {
>    writeln("Satisfying!");

The writeln call is a statement.

I think what you want is this:

	template helpMe() {
		mixin(`writeln("Satisfying!");`);
	}


T

-- 
Real Programmers use "cat > a.out".

>
> Thanks for your reply. You're right about the statement. But I still
> think something's wrong. For example, even this program produces the
> errors:
>
> import std.stdio;
>
> mixin template helpMe()
> {
> writeln("Satisfying!");
> }
>

does it do that if you replace the statement with a declaration?

like this:

mixin template helpMe()
{
  int durrr = (writeln("Satisfying!"), 1);
}

On 2/23/12 7:33 PM, Ellery Newcomer wrote:
>> import std.stdio;
>>
>> mixin template helpMe()
>> {
>> writeln("Satisfying!");
>> }
> does it do that if you replace the statement with a declaration?
>
> like this:
>
> mixin template helpMe()
> {
> int durrr = (writeln("Satisfying!"), 1);
> }

No, it doesn't. You're right. I guess I have a long way to go to learn these things.

Thank you. Even at my primitive level, though, I can see how awesome these things could be once you know how to program them. Does any other language come close to D in terms of generics? I don't know, I'm just asking?

Zach

On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 03:08:18PM -0500, Zach the Mystic wrote: [...]
> Does any other language come close to D in terms of generics? I don't know, I'm just asking?
[...]

AFAIK, no. But then I only have C++ to compare with, and if I understand it correctly Java and C#'s generics don't even come close to C++'s templates (in terms of expressive power, though they are certainly a lot cleaner than the mess that is C++ template syntax).


T

-- 
Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals could believe them. -- George Orwell

On Feb 25, 2012 9:08 AM, "Zach the Mystic" < reachzachatgooglesmailservice@dot.com> wrote:
>
> On 2/23/12 7:33 PM, Ellery Newcomer wrote:
>>>
>>> import std.stdio;
>>>
>>> mixin template helpMe()
>>> {
>>> writeln("Satisfying!");
>>> }
>>
>> does it do that if you replace the statement with a declaration?
>>
>> like this:
>>
>> mixin template helpMe()
>> {
>> int durrr = (writeln("Satisfying!"), 1);
>> }
>
>
> No, it doesn't. You're right. I guess I have a long way to go to learn
these things.
>
> Thank you. Even at my primitive level, though, I can see how awesome
these things could be once you know how to program them. Does any other language come close to D in terms of generics? I don't know, I'm just asking?
>
> Zach

Lisp macros. But that's not a fair comparison, Lisp's object system was built using their macros...

--
James Miller