http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=9100

           Summary: Weird behavior on template instance argument
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: DMD
        AssignedTo: nobody@puremagic.com
        ReportedBy: k.hara.pg@gmail.com


--- Comment #0 from Kenji Hara <k.hara.pg@gmail.com> 2012-11-30 19:09:03 PST ---
On template instance argument, a template arguments *sometimes* is treated just
as a symbol.
That looks weird and inconsistent behavior.

----
template Id(alias A) { alias Id = A; }  // L1
template ErrId(alias A) { static assert(0); }
template TypeTuple(TL...) { alias TypeTuple = TL; }
class C {
  void fun(){}
  void tfun(T)(){}
  TypeTuple!(int, long) field;  // L7

  void test()
  {
    auto c = this;
    alias t1a = Id!(c.fun);         // OK
    alias t1b = Id!(this.fun);      // Weird error, bad
    // test1.d(1): Error: variable test1.A type void is inferred
    //   from initializer this.fun(), and variables cannot be of type void
    // -> internally given DotVarExp

    alias t2a = Id!(c.tfun);        // OK
    alias t2b = ErrId!(this.tfun);  // No error occurs, why?
    // -> internally given DotTemplateExp

    alias t3a = Id!(foo);           // OK
    alias t3b = Id!(mixin("foo"));  // Prints weird error, bad
    // test1.d(1): Error: variable test1.A type void is inferred
    //   from initializer foo(), and variables cannot be of type void
    // -> internally given TemplateExp

    alias t4b = TypeTuple!(field);      // L28, NG
    // test1.d(7): Error: expression this._field_field_0 is not a valid
template value argument
    // test1.d(7): Error: expression this._field_field_1 is not a valid
template value argument
    // test1.d(28): Error: template instance
test1.TypeTuple!(this._field_field_0, this._field_field_1) error instantiating
    alias t4a = TypeTuple!(GetField!0); // L32, NG
    // test1.d(42): Error: alias test1.GetField!(0).GetField cannot alias an
expression _field_field_0
    // test1.d(42): Error: alias test1.GetField!(0).GetField cannot alias an
expression _field_field_0
    // test1.d(32): Error: template instance test1.GetField!(0) error
instantiating
    // test1.d(42): Error: alias test1.GetField!(0).GetField cannot alias an
expression _field_field_0
    // test1.d(32): Error: C.field[0u] is not a type
  }
}

void foo()(){}
template GetField(size_t i) { alias GetField = C.field[i]; }  // L42

void main(){ (new C()).test(); }
----

From the internal of dmd implementation, if failure to give just as a symbol, the argument has been semantically analysed as an expression which refers a symbol - DotVarExp, TemplateExp, and DotTemplteExp.

D does not support an aliasing of expression, so I think these *expression template arguments* should be deduced to just a symbol. In such deduction, the *context* expression for the symbol (e1, in DotVarExp or DotTemplateExp) should be just removed.

It will increase consistency and will relax some limitations.

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--- Comment #1 from Kenji Hara <k.hara.pg@gmail.com> 2012-11-30 19:24:41 PST ---
This is a root cause of some 2.061head regressions - bug 9091, bug 8972, and bug 8971.

If you use __traits() to get member symbol inside class/struct member function,
the found member symbol will have the implicit 'this'.
Passing the __traits result to the template argument will caught the *bug*
which I explained here.

class C {
  int var;
  void test() {
    __traits(getMember, C, "var");  // same as this.var -> DotVarExp
    alias t = Id!(__traits(getMember, C, "var")); // same as Id!(this.var),
hit!
  }
}
void main() {
  __traits(getMember, C, "var")  // same as C.var == Just a symbol
  alias t = Id!(__traits(getMember, C, "var")); // same as Id!(C.var), no
problem
}

Therefore, I think this is an important semantic analysis bug which should be fixed.

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--- Comment #2 from Kenji Hara <k.hara.pg@gmail.com> 2012-11-30 19:36:04 PST ---
As a related note, this program runs successfully with no error in current
compiler.
It looks weird, but is expected from the view of language consistency.

void main(){ (new C(1)).test(); }
template Id(alias A) { alias Id = A; }
class C
{
  int n;
  this(int x){ n = x; }
  int fun(){ return n; }

  void test()
  {
    auto c = new C(2);
    assert(c.fun() == 2);
    alias f = Id!(c.fun);
    assert(f() == 1);  // calls this.fun, not c.fun
  }
}

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Kenji Hara <k.hara.pg@gmail.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
           Keywords|                            |pull, rejects-valid
             Blocks|                            |9091, 9083
           Severity|normal                      |major


--- Comment #3 from Kenji Hara <k.hara.pg@gmail.com> 2012-11-30 21:14:14 PST ---
https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dmd/pull/1340

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Kenji Hara <k.hara.pg@gmail.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Blocks|                            |8972, 8971


--- Comment #4 from Kenji Hara <k.hara.pg@gmail.com> 2012-11-30 21:22:12 PST ---
The following bugs that were already fixed are fundamentally dependent on this.

Issue 8971 - __traits(getOverloads) fails in a member function Issue 8972 - __traits fails in a struct member function

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--- Comment #5 from github-bugzilla@puremagic.com 2012-12-09 12:52:07 PST ---
Commits pushed to master at https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dmd

https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dmd/commit/1ba96f16d5c0300f4de8f4d2d851d65cf269dd15 fix Issue 9100 - Weird behavior on template instance argument

https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dmd/commit/2f043f66b50a5f7d505cf9776a8ca2bfd632cabd Merge pull request #1340 from 9rnsr/fix9100

Issue 9100 - Weird behavior on template instance argument

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timon.gehr@gmx.ch changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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                 CC|                            |timon.gehr@gmx.ch


--- Comment #6 from timon.gehr@gmx.ch 2012-12-09 13:20:55 PST ---
(In reply to comment #2)
> As a related note, this program runs successfully with no error in current
> compiler.
> It looks weird, but is expected from the view of language consistency.
> 
> void main(){ (new C(1)).test(); }
> template Id(alias A) { alias Id = A; }
> class C
> {
>   int n;
>   this(int x){ n = x; }
>   int fun(){ return n; }
> 
>   void test()
>   {
>     auto c = new C(2);
>     assert(c.fun() == 2);
>     alias f = Id!(c.fun);
>     assert(f() == 1);  // calls this.fun, not c.fun
>   }
> }

Language _sanity_ is what is important. It should call c.fun or be a compile time error. Deliberately assigning unsupported code strange semantics in order to be consistent with existing buggy compiler behaviour just makes it harder to lift restrictions later.

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Walter Bright <bugzilla@digitalmars.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
                 CC|                            |bugzilla@digitalmars.com
         Resolution|                            |FIXED


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