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reply "Dario" <supdar yahoo.com> writes:
____________________
class Derived: Base
{}

class Base
{}
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Compiler output:
Asserion failure: 'structsize >= 8' on line 412 in file 'glue.c'

We can't write a derived class before its super one. Is this intentional? If
it is, it seems very strange, doesn't it? Has this been reported already?
Jul 04 2002
parent reply "Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> writes:
"Dario" <supdar yahoo.com> wrote in message
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 ____________________
 class Derived: Base
 {}

 class Base
 {}
 _____________________

 Compiler output:
 Asserion failure: 'structsize >= 8' on line 412 in file 'glue.c'

 We can't write a derived class before its super one. Is this intentional?




 it is, it seems very strange, doesn't it? Has this been reported already?



It is intentional, but you should have gotten a diagnostic rather than the
assert notice.
Jul 04 2002
parent reply "Dario" <supdar yahoo.com> writes:
 class Derived: Base
 {}

 class Base
 {}
 _____________________

 Compiler output:
 Asserion failure: 'structsize >= 8' on line 412 in file 'glue.c'

 We can't write a derived class before its super one. Is this







 If it is, it seems very strange, doesn't it? Has this been reported








 It is intentional, but you should have gotten a diagnostic rather than the
 assert notice.



You wrote that the D source is interpreted as a whole. This looks like an
exception. (And you hate exception, don't you?)
I know that there is no need for this to change: nobody is writing a base
class after a derived one. But IMHO this shouldn't be forbidden.
Jul 04 2002
parent "Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> writes:
"Dario" <supdar yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:ag2d5m$2594$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 It is intentional, but you should have gotten a diagnostic rather than







 assert notice.



 exception. (And you hate exception, don't you?)
 I know that there is no need for this to change: nobody is writing a base
 class after a derived one. But IMHO this shouldn't be forbidden.



Yeah, I hate exceptions. But there did turn out to be some chicken-and-egg
problems.
Jul 05 2002