http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=5387

           Summary: Unclear error message "override cannot be applied to
                    variable"
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P4
         Component: DMD
        AssignedTo: nobody@puremagic.com
        ReportedBy: acehreli@yahoo.com


--- Comment #0 from Ali Cehreli <acehreli@yahoo.com> 2010-12-28 13:41:38 PST ---
It is not easy to see that the dmd error message in the subject line probably means something like "member function templates cannot be virtual." (Or after the language of the spec page, "Templates cannot be used to add virtual functions to classes.")

class Derived
{
    override void foo(T)()
    {}
}

void main()
{
    auto d = new Derived();
    d.foo!int();
}

Abreviated lines from dmd 2.051 output:

... Error: variable deneme.Derived.foo!(int).foo.this override cannot be
applied to variable
... Error: template instance deneme.Derived.foo!(int) error instantiating

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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|                            |WORKSFORME


--- Comment #1 from Walter Bright <bugzilla@digitalmars.com> 2012-01-20 14:16:08 PST ---
The error message is now:

foo.d(3): Error: function foo.Derived.foo!(int).foo cannot override a
non-virtual function

which I think is adequate.

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