"Matthias Becker" <Matthias_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:c4oftn$2200$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> I proved that dmd doesn't follow this rule (haven't tested with the
current
> version. I did it with 0.7x, can't remember the exact version). So have
you
> fixed it? I didn't want you to do so. Damn.
>
> (The thread was called "A bug that I like", if I remember right)

I don't remember that particular problem. If it is in the bug database, however, it will remain there until it gets fixed.

Matthias Becker wrote:
>>You make a good argument for that case. However, I decided against the C++
>>notion of 'best fit' because the combination of all the best fit rules is
>>very confusing. There are 3 levels of matching in D (rather than an
>>arbitrarilly large number with several special case rules tossed in) which
>>are 1) exact match 2) match with implicit conversions and 3) no match. Sure,
>>in D, you'll have a cast or two extra once in a while, but the payoff is a
>>clear set of simple rules, rather than a morass of confusing, subtle ones.
> 
> 
> I proved that dmd doesn't follow this rule (haven't tested with the current
> version. I did it with 0.7x, can't remember the exact version). So have you
> fixed it? I didn't want you to do so. Damn.
> 
> (The thread was called "A bug that I like", if I remember right)

I don't know that Walter changed anything. Perhaps he already fixed the bug before he found saw your post.

I think I found your earlier post (http://www.digitalmars.com/drn-bin/wwwnews?D/24040) and Walter's reply (http://www.digitalmars.com/drn-bin/wwwnews?D/24465).

I got the same error message that Walter seemed to get:
fn_ovrld.d(17): function func overloads void(Foo foo) and void(Bar bar) both match argument list for func

I tested it with DMD 0.81. (I guess it's time for me install DMD 0.82.)

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Justin
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