I'm not sure if this is me missing something, or if it's a bug:

********
import std.stdio;

class BaseClass {
        int BaseProp() { return 1; }
}

typedef BaseClass ClassTypedef;

void testfunc(ClassTypedef t) {    writefln(t.BaseProp());   }
*************

this gives the compiler message:

test.d(9): this for BaseProp needs to be type BaseClass not type
ClassTypedef

The docs say that typedefs can be implicitly cast to their underlying
type, so why can't t be used as a BaseClass reference? Seems like a bug
to me.
/Anders

Anders Runesson schrieb am 2006-07-16:
> I'm not sure if this is me missing something, or if it's a bug:
>
> ********
> import std.stdio;
>
> class BaseClass {
>         int BaseProp() { return 1; }
> }
>
> typedef BaseClass ClassTypedef;
>
> void testfunc(ClassTypedef t) {    writefln(t.BaseProp());   }
> *************
>
> this gives the compiler message:
>
> test.d(9): this for BaseProp needs to be type BaseClass not type
> ClassTypedef
>
> The docs say that typedefs can be implicitly cast to their underlying
> type, so why can't t be used as a BaseClass reference? Seems like a bug
> to me.
> /Anders

Added to DStress as http://dstress.kuehne.cn/run/t/typedef_19_A.d http://dstress.kuehne.cn/run/t/typedef_19_B.d http://dstress.kuehne.cn/run/t/typedef_19_C.d http://dstress.kuehne.cn/run/t/typedef_19_D.d

Thomas