On 10/13/12, H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@quickfur.ath.cx> wrote:
> The problem is, I can't seem to specify that I want it to _statically_ bind the save method to call B.eval;

Try using typeof(this).eval

typeof(this) and typeof(super) are mentioned here:

http://dlang.org/declaration.html#typeof http://dlang.org/expression.html#this

On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 04:35:12AM +0200, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
> On 10/13/12, H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@quickfur.ath.cx> wrote:
> > The problem is, I can't seem to specify that I want it to _statically_ bind the save method to call B.eval;
> 
> Try using typeof(this).eval
> 
> typeof(this) and typeof(super) are mentioned here:
[...]

It doesn't help. :-(  It seems to do the same thing as B.eval, which still ends up in C.eval.

This seems to be a compiler (or language?) bug to me? One should be able to specify a static binding to a specific base class method, without always ending up in the overridden method.

Anyway, I figured out a workaround: rename .save to .saveImpl and make it private, then make .save a wrapper to call .saveImpl, and have the delegate directly invoke .saveImpl.

It's still a pain, though. :-/


T

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On 10/13/12, H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@quickfur.ath.cx> wrote:
> This seems to be a compiler bug to me?

Has to be: http://dpaste.dzfl.pl/89a646b7

On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 05:00:40AM +0200, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
> On 10/13/12, H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@quickfur.ath.cx> wrote:
> > This seems to be a compiler bug to me?
> 
> Has to be: http://dpaste.dzfl.pl/89a646b7

OK, filed an issue for it:

	http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=8809


T

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On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 05:00:40AM +0200, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
> On 10/13/12, H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@quickfur.ath.cx> wrote:
> > This seems to be a compiler bug to me?
> 
> Has to be: http://dpaste.dzfl.pl/89a646b7

OK, filed an issue for it:

	http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=8809


T

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