http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=409

           Summary: function resolving with global function if member
                    matches
           Product: D
           Version: 0.166
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: DMD
        AssignedTo: bugzilla@digitalmars.com
        ReportedBy: benoit@tionex.de


bool equals( char[] a, char[] b ){
    return a==b;
}

class A{
    bool equals( A other ){
        return this is A;
    }
    void func(){
        char[] a1 = "a";
        a1.equals( "b"[] ); // line 11
    }
}

I get this error:

t.d(11): function t.A.equals (A) does not match argument types (char[],char[])
t.d(11): Error: expected 1 arguments, not 2
t.d(11): cannot implicitly convert expression (a1) of type char[] to t.A


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smjg@iname.com changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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                 CC|                            |smjg@iname.com
           Keywords|                            |diagnostic




------- Comment #1 from smjg@iname.com  2006-10-08 19:50 -------
There is in fact no match.  But the error message is indeed confusing.


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------- Comment #2 from benoit@tionex.de  2006-10-08 20:14 -------
(In reply to comment #1)
> There is in fact no match.  But the error message is indeed confusing.
> 

I wonder because it compiles without the method A.equals


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bugzilla@digitalmars.com changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |INVALID




------- Comment #3 from bugzilla@digitalmars.com  2006-10-16 04:27 -------
It's working as designed. a1.equals("b"[]) is first rewritten as
equals(a1,"b"[]), because a1 is an array. Then, "equals" is looked for in the
enclosing scopes. The first one found is A.equals. The arguments are (a1,"b"[])
which are types (char[],char[]), which do not match (A), the argument types for
A.equals. Hence the error message.

If A.equals is removed, then the global equals is found, which does match the argument types.

Not a bug.


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