http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=5934

           Summary: Finite recursive templates are not allowed
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Platform: x86_64
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: DMD
        AssignedTo: nobody@puremagic.com
        ReportedBy: maximzms@gmail.com


--- Comment #0 from Maksim Zholudev <maximzms@gmail.com> 2011-05-06 06:22:45 PDT ---
Finite recursion in parametrized structures produces compilation errors.

This kind of recursion could be used to implement custom compile-time
expression parsing for user-defined types.
It should be limited but not forbidden.

Example:
----------
struct Foo
{
    auto opUnary(string op)()
    if(op == "-")
    {
        return Negation!(typeof(this))(this);
    }
}

struct Negation(T)
{
    T statement;

    auto opUnary(string op)()
    if(op == "-")
    {
        return Negation!(typeof(this))(this);
    }
}

void main()
{
    Foo a;
    auto b = -a; // no errors
    auto c = -(-a); /* Error: recursive template expansion for template
                     *        argument Negation!(Foo)
                     */
}
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--- Comment #1 from Maksim Zholudev <maximzms@gmail.com> 2011-05-06 07:55:47 PDT ---
The following code works, but such workarounds are annoying:
----------
struct Foo
{
    auto opUnary(string op)()
    if(op == "-")
    {
        return Negation!(typeof(this))(this);
    }
}

struct Negation(T)
{
    T statement;

    auto opUnary(string op)()
    if(op == "-")
    {
        return MakeNeg(this); // The return type is "Negation!(Negation!(T))"
    }
}

// Function that makes the recursion implicit
auto MakeNeg(T)(T stat)
{
    return Negation!(T)(stat);
}

void main()
{
    Foo a;
    auto b = -a; // no errors
    auto c = -(-a); // no errors
}
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Maksim Zholudev <maximzms@gmail.com> changed:

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


--- Comment #2 from Maksim Zholudev <maximzms@gmail.com> 2011-05-06 08:13:33 PDT ---
*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of issue 3869 ***

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