• "Vathix" <vathix dprogramming.com> Sep 09 2003
• "Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> Sep 09 2003
• "Vathix" <vathix dprogramming.com> Sep 11 2003
• "Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> Sep 12 2003
• Adam Harper <a-news-d harper.nu> Sep 13 2003
• "Vathix" <vathix dprogramming.com> Sep 13 2003

"Vathix" <vathix dprogramming.com> writes:

I had an enum inside a class in another module I imported, I had a variable
of the enum type and did this:

foo |= TheClass.TheEnum.m;

The compiler said something about m not being a property of uint.
I did this and it was fine:

alias TheClass.TheEnum Bar;
foo |= Bar.m;

"Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> writes:

Can you post a complete example, please?

"Vathix" <vathix dprogramming.com> wrote in message
news:bjmcr1$thj$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 I had an enum inside a class in another module I imported, I had a


 of the enum type and did this:

 foo |= TheClass.TheEnum.m;

 The compiler said something about m not being a property of uint.
 I did this and it was fine:

 alias TheClass.TheEnum Bar;
 foo |= Bar.m;

"Vathix" <vathix dprogramming.com> writes:

 Can you post a complete example, please?


I can't seem to get it to happen for a small example. It has happened to me
a couple times but in a lot of code. I could give you all the code but that
might be harder to track than trying to find something in the compiler's
code, since you already know it...

"Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> writes:

"Vathix" <vathix dprogramming.com> wrote in message
news:bjqn8p$r96$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 Can you post a complete example, please?


 I can't seem to get it to happen for a small example. It has happened to


 a couple times but in a lot of code. I could give you all the code but


 might be harder to track than trying to find something in the compiler's
 code, since you already know it...


What you deleted to make the problem disappear is likely the real bug <g>.

Adam Harper <a-news-d harper.nu> writes:

On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 01:35:25 -0400, Vathix wrote:
 I had an enum inside a class in another module I imported, I had a
 variable of the enum type and did this:
 
 foo |= TheClass.TheEnum.m;
 
 The compiler said something about m not being a property of uint.


Was the error something like "enum_test.d(17): no property 'x' for type
'int'"?

If so then I think the following might explain it, if not then feel
free to ignore this message :-)

Given the following source code:

import c.stdio;

class A
{
    enum E{ u = 1, v, w };
};

class B
{
    enum E{ x = 4, y, z };
};

int main( char[][] args )
{
    printf( "A.E.u = %d\n", A.E.u );
    printf( "B.E.x = %d\n", B.E.x ); // Error here

    return 0;
};

The compiler gives the following error:

 enum.d(17): no property 'x' for type 'int'


Changing the main method to:

int main( char[][] args )
{
    alias A.E ae;
    alias B.E be;

    printf( "A.E.u = %d\n", ae.u );
    printf( "B.E.x = %d\n", be.x );

    return 0;
};

Will compile and result in the following (expected) output:

 A.E.u = 1
 B.E.x = 4


In the first example "B.E.x" actually refers to "A.E.x" which causes an
error because the enum E in class A has no "x" property.  Why it does
this, and why using aliases works, is something I don't know.

"Vathix" <vathix dprogramming.com> writes:

"Adam Harper" <a-news-d harper.nu> wrote in message
news:pan.2003.09.13.09.44.20.787032 harper.nu...
 On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 01:35:25 -0400, Vathix wrote:
 I had an enum inside a class in another module I imported, I had a
 variable of the enum type and did this:

 foo |= TheClass.TheEnum.m;

 The compiler said something about m not being a property of uint.


 Was the error something like "enum_test.d(17): no property 'x' for type
 'int'"?

 If so then I think the following might explain it, if not then feel
 free to ignore this message :-)

 Given the following source code:

 import c.stdio;

 class A
 {
     enum E{ u = 1, v, w };
 };

 class B
 {
     enum E{ x = 4, y, z };
 };

 int main( char[][] args )
 {
     printf( "A.E.u = %d\n", A.E.u );
     printf( "B.E.x = %d\n", B.E.x ); // Error here

     return 0;
 };

 The compiler gives the following error:

 enum.d(17): no property 'x' for type 'int'


 Changing the main method to:

 int main( char[][] args )
 {
     alias A.E ae;
     alias B.E be;

     printf( "A.E.u = %d\n", ae.u );
     printf( "B.E.x = %d\n", be.x );

     return 0;
 };

 Will compile and result in the following (expected) output:

 A.E.u = 1
 B.E.x = 4


 In the first example "B.E.x" actually refers to "A.E.x" which causes an
 error because the enum E in class A has no "x" property.  Why it does
 this, and why using aliases works, is something I don't know.


Yes! This is it.