• TSalm <tsalm free.fr> Mar 15 2008
• Kirk McDonald <kirklin.mcdonald gmail.com> Mar 15 2008
• TSalm <tsalm free.fr> Mar 16 2008

TSalm <tsalm free.fr> writes:

Hi all,

I would do something like this below, but DMD return me the error :
  testStaticInit.d(10): Error: non-constant expression new A
on the line "public static A a=new A();"
Is there a simple way to instanciate a static class ?



class A
{
 public this() {}
}

class B
{
 public static A a = new A();

 public this() {}

}

void main()
{
 new B();
}



 Thanks in advance,
 TSalm

Kirk McDonald <kirklin.mcdonald gmail.com> writes:

TSalm wrote:
 Hi all,
 
 I would do something like this below, but DMD return me the error :
   testStaticInit.d(10): Error: non-constant expression new A
 on the line "public static A a=new A();"
 Is there a simple way to instanciate a static class ?
 
 
 
 class A
 {
  public this() {}
 }
 
 class B
 {
  public static A a = new A();
 
  public this() {}
 
 }
 
 void main()
 {
  new B();
 }
 
 
 
  Thanks in advance,
  TSalm
 
 


(One incidental note: Your use of 'public' is unnecessary, as everything 
is public by default in D.)

Use a static constructor:

class A {}

class B {
     static A a;
     static this() {
         a = new A;
     }
}

-- 
Kirk McDonald
http://kirkmcdonald.blogspot.com
Pyd: Connecting D and Python
http://pyd.dsource.org

TSalm <tsalm free.fr> writes:

On Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:57:00 -0800, Kirk McDonald wrote:

 TSalm wrote:
 I would do something like this below, but DMD return me the error :
   testStaticInit.d(10): Error: non-constant expression new A
 on the line "public static A a=new A();" Is there a simple way to
 instanciate a static class ?
 
 
 
 class A
 {
  public this() {}
 }
 
 class B
 {
  public static A a = new A();
 
  public this() {}
 
 }
 
 void main()
 {
  new B();
 }
 
 
 


 is public by default in D.)


Thanks. Moreover, IMHO, it's a good things since the majority of method 
declarations are public.


 
 Use a static constructor:
 
 class A {}
 
 class B {
      static A a;
      static this() {
          a = new A;
      }
 }


Great, like this, it's possible to bring in some algorithms in this 
static constructor. Also, IMHO, it could have to be nice to be able to 
instanciate it in the declaration line...

Thanks!
TSalm