http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=1289

           Summary: Class method without a function body should be abstract?
           Product: D
           Version: 1.016
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: DMD
        AssignedTo: bugzilla@digitalmars.com
        ReportedBy: onlystupidspamhere@yahoo.se


The spec should state whether a method without a body is abstract or not. Of course this also affects the behavior of compiler. For instance this fails when linking:

  class A { A f(); }

  class B : A { B f() { return this; } }

  void main() { B a = new B(); }

In some occasions similar code works, in others it doesn't.


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http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=1289


bugzilla@digitalmars.com changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
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------- Comment #1 from bugzilla@digitalmars.com  2007-06-28 15:13 -------
This is working as designed. It allows one to implement a member function elsewhere than the class definition. To have an abstract class, it must have the 'abstract' storage class.


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