http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3875

           Summary: std.range.hasLength does not work if .length is
                    defined inside a static if
           Product: D
           Version: 2.040
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P2
         Component: Phobos
        AssignedTo: nobody@puremagic.com
        ReportedBy: philippe.sigaud@gmail.com


--- Comment #0 from Philippe Sigaud <philippe.sigaud@gmail.com> 2010-03-04 15:11:53 CET ---
std.range.hasLength does not work if the .length member is defined inside a static if. It's a common case for ranges wrapping other ranges and trying to expose their input's properties:
---
static if (hasLength!Input)
    int length() { return _input.length;}
----
for example.


Here is some code demonstrating the problem:

----
import std.range;

struct Lengthy(bool i) {
    int front() { return 1;}
    void popFront();
    static if (i)
        int length() { return 1;}
}

void main() {
    Lengthy!true i;
    Lengthy!false ni;
    assert(hasLength!(typeof(i))); // Error: AssertError. Considers i has no
.length defined.
    assert(!hasLength!(typeof(ni)));
}
----

And a possible solution that seems to work quite well in practice:
----
template hasLength(R) {
    enum bool hasLength = __traits(compiles, R.length);
}
----

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Masahiro Nakagawa <repeatedly@gmail.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
                 CC|                            |repeatedly@gmail.com
         Resolution|                            |INVALID


--- Comment #1 from Masahiro Nakagawa <repeatedly@gmail.com> 2010-05-04 17:23:19 PDT ---
"static if" has nothing to do with this issue. length method should be a property.

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