Cant figure out how the package qualifier should work or what syntax I should use to get it working.

E.g.

Where gcd is defined in sub-dir meta of this-file source dir as:
/*
"D:/projects/dmd/meta/mod_gcd.d"
//------------------------------------------------------
module meta.mod_gcd;

template gcd( T, T N, T D){
   static if (D== 0){
      static const T value = N;
   }
   else {
      static const T value = gcd!(T,D, (N % D)).value;
   }
}
//------------------------------------------------------
*/

static import std.stdio;
// works ok...
static if(1){
   static const bool USE_PACKAGE_QUALIFIER =false;
//######################
   import meta.mod_gcd;
//#####################
}

else {
/* in this path compilation fails with:

D:\Projects\dmd>dmd -c test1.d
test1.d(49): Error: template identifier gcd is not a member of meta
Error: no property 'value' for type 'int'
*/

   static const int USE_PACKAGE_QUALIFIER =true;
//###########################
   static import meta.mod_gcd;
//###########################
}



int main(char[][] args)
{
   static if(USE_PACKAGE_QUALIFIER){
//##########################################
      std.stdio.writefln("%d\n",meta.gcd!(int,8,64).value); //# line 49
//##########################################
   }
   else{
      std.stdio.writefln("%d\n",gcd!(int,8,64).value);
   }

   return 0;
}

Andy Little wrote:
> Cant figure out how the package qualifier should work or what syntax I should use to get it working.
> 
> E.g.
> 
> Where gcd is defined in sub-dir meta of this-file source dir as:
> /*
> "D:/projects/dmd/meta/mod_gcd.d"
> //------------------------------------------------------
> module meta.mod_gcd;
> 
> template gcd( T, T N, T D){
>    static if (D== 0){
>       static const T value = N;
>    }
>    else {
>       static const T value = gcd!(T,D, (N % D)).value;
>    }
> }
> //------------------------------------------------------
> */
> 
> static import std.stdio;
> // works ok...
> static if(1){
>    static const bool USE_PACKAGE_QUALIFIER =false;
> //######################
>    import meta.mod_gcd;
> //#####################
> }
> 
> else {
> /* in this path compilation fails with:
> 
> D:\Projects\dmd>dmd -c test1.d
> test1.d(49): Error: template identifier gcd is not a member of meta
> Error: no property 'value' for type 'int'
> */
> 
>    static const int USE_PACKAGE_QUALIFIER =true;
> //###########################
>    static import meta.mod_gcd;
> //###########################
> }
> 
> 
> 
> int main(char[][] args)
> {
>    static if(USE_PACKAGE_QUALIFIER){
> //##########################################
>       std.stdio.writefln("%d\n",meta.gcd!(int,8,64).value); //# line 49

This fails because gcd is in the 'meta.mod_gcd' module.  It would be like saying 'std.writefln'.

> //##########################################
>    }
>    else{
>       std.stdio.writefln("%d\n",gcd!(int,8,64).value);
>    }
> 
>    return 0;
> }

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Daniel Keep Wrote:

<...>

> This fails because gcd is in the 'meta.mod_gcd' module.  It would be like saying 'std.writefln'.

Aha. Thanks for switching on the light !

regards
Andy Little