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reply "monarch_dodra" <monarchdodra gmail.com> writes:
D provides ways to operate on an entire (sub) slice:
int[] a = ... ;
a[] *= 5; //Multiply everything by 5.
a[0 .. 2] = 3; //Set indexes 0 to 1 to the value 3.

I was wondering if there was any way to do this for a specified 
function?

----
struct S
{
     void foo()
     {
         writeln("foo");
     }
}

void bar(S s)
{
     writeln("bar");
}

void main()
{
   S[5] a;
   a[].foo(); //undefined identifier 'foo'
   a[].bar(); //cannot implicitly convert expression (a[]) of type 
S[] to S
};
----
I know I can just foreach it, but it doesn't quite have the same 
expressive power.

If the built in arithmetic types have this power, why not 
functions?
Aug 29 2012
parent reply Timon Gehr <timon.gehr gmx.ch> writes:
On 08/29/2012 03:38 PM, monarch_dodra wrote:
 D provides ways to operate on an entire (sub) slice:
 int[] a = ... ;
 a[] *= 5; //Multiply everything by 5.
 a[0 .. 2] = 3; //Set indexes 0 to 1 to the value 3.

 I was wondering if there was any way to do this for a specified function?

 ----
 struct S
 {
      void foo()
      {
          writeln("foo");
      }
 }

 void bar(S s)
 {
      writeln("bar");
 }

 void main()
 {
    S[5] a;
    a[].foo(); //undefined identifier 'foo'
    a[].bar(); //cannot implicitly convert expression (a[]) of type S[] to S
 };
 ----
 I know I can just foreach it, but it doesn't quite have the same
 expressive power.
Yes it does.
 If the built in arithmetic types have this power, why not functions?
Because the built-in arithmetic vector operators are supported by hardware.
Aug 29 2012
parent "ixid" <nuaccount gmail.com> writes:
Because the built-in arithmetic vector operators are supported 
by hardware.
Should that matter from a user's point of view? It's a clean syntax that should be made more univeral. It'd be nice to be able to do things like: return a[] + b[]; and using that in lambdas as well without needing the unnecessary repetition of return a[] = a[] + b[];
Sep 01 2012