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digitalmars.D.bugs - bug? (forward reference)

reply bobef <asd asd.asd> writes:
Is this a bug and if not what is it supposed to mean and why it doesn't work?




a.d(8): class a.B is forward referenced when looking for 'CONST1'
a.d(3): Error: no property 'CONST1' for type 'a.B'

a.d:
------------------------------------------------------------------

class A
{
	static const CONST1=B.CONST1;
	static const CONST2=2;
}

class B
{
	static const CONST1=1;
	static const CONST2=2;
}

void main()
{
}
Apr 20 2007
next sibling parent reply Sean Kelly <sean f4.ca> writes:
bobef wrote:

 Is this a bug and if not what is it supposed to mean and why it doesn't work?



It's a bug.  The lookup mechanism currently doesn't seem to find 
anything declared within a class if the class is declared below the 
point it's referenced.  I had a similar problem with an interface 
declared inside a class.


Sean
Apr 20 2007
parent bobef <asd asd.asd> writes:
Yeah, me too, but I thought it was my mistake :)

Sean Kelly Wrote:


 bobef wrote:

 Is this a bug and if not what is it supposed to mean and why it doesn't work?



 It's a bug.  The lookup mechanism currently doesn't seem to find 
 anything declared within a class if the class is declared below the 
 point it's referenced.  I had a similar problem with an interface 
 declared inside a class.
 
 
 Sean
Apr 20 2007
prev sibling parent "Stewart Gordon" <smjg_1998 yahoo.com> writes:
"bobef" <asd asd.asd> wrote in message news:f0a3gg$50r$1 digitalmars.com...

 Is this a bug and if not what is it supposed to mean and why it doesn't 
 work?



Actually, it's a documented restriction:

http://www.digitalmars.com/d/declaration.html#AutoDeclaration
"The NonVoidInitializer cannot contain forward references (this restriction 
may be removed in the future)."

That said, I'm wondering _what_ NonVoidInitializer!

But it's certainly something that should be made to work.

Stewart.
Apr 22 2007