• Heinz (11/11) Jan 25 2007 Hi, i have a class and i need to retrieve a type as a parameter in its c...
• Pragma (6/19) Jan 25 2007 You want to use 'TypeInfo' at runtime (instead of 'type'), and use typeo...
• Kirk McDonald (13/39) Jan 25 2007 That should be:
• pragma (3/43) Jan 25 2007 ack... um, what he said. :)

Heinz <billgates microsoft.com> writes:

Hi, i have a class and i need to retrieve a type as a parameter in its


class myclass
{
        type mytype;
        
        this(type t)
        {
                 mytype = t;
        }
}

I don't have a single approach to do this. i need a clue pliss? an example
woyld be great hehe, thx

Pragma <ericanderton yahoo.removeme.com> writes:

Heinz wrote:
 Hi, i have a class and i need to retrieve a type as a parameter in its

 
 class myclass
 {
         type mytype;
         
         this(type t)
         {
                  mytype = t;
         }
 }
 
 I don't have a single approach to do this. i need a clue pliss? an example
woyld be great hehe, thx

You want to use 'TypeInfo' at runtime (instead of 'type'), and use typeof(T) at
compile time:

for example:

TypeInfo mytype = typeof(int);


-- 
- EricAnderton at yahoo

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

Pragma wrote:
 Heinz wrote:
 
 Hi, i have a class and i need to retrieve a type as a parameter in its 


 class myclass
 {
         type mytype;
                 this(type t)
         {
                  mytype = t;
         }
 }

 I don't have a single approach to do this. i need a clue pliss? an 
 example woyld be great hehe, thx

 
 
 You want to use 'TypeInfo' at runtime (instead of 'type'), and use 
 typeof(T) at compile time:
 
 for example:
 
 TypeInfo mytype = typeof(int);
 
 

That should be:

TypeInfo mytype = typeid(int);

typeid() returns a type's TypeInfo at runtime. typeof() infers the type 
of an expression at compile-time.

Note that TypeInfo is just information about a type. (You can compare 
the TypeInfos of two items to see if they are the same type.) You cannot 
create variables of a type with just its TypeInfo. (That kind of 
trickery is what templates are for.)

-- 
Kirk McDonald
Pyd: Wrapping Python with D
http://pyd.dsource.org

pragma <ericanderton yahoo.com> writes:

Kirk McDonald wrote:
 Pragma wrote:
 Heinz wrote:

 Hi, i have a class and i need to retrieve a type as a parameter in 


 class myclass
 {
         type mytype;
                 this(type t)
         {
                  mytype = t;
         }
 }

 I don't have a single approach to do this. i need a clue pliss? an 
 example woyld be great hehe, thx


 You want to use 'TypeInfo' at runtime (instead of 'type'), and use 
 typeof(T) at compile time:

 for example:

 TypeInfo mytype = typeof(int);

 
 That should be:
 
 TypeInfo mytype = typeid(int);
 
 typeid() returns a type's TypeInfo at runtime. typeof() infers the type 
 of an expression at compile-time.
 
 Note that TypeInfo is just information about a type. (You can compare 
 the TypeInfos of two items to see if they are the same type.) You cannot 
 create variables of a type with just its TypeInfo. (That kind of 
 trickery is what templates are for.)
 

ack... um, what he said. :)

sorry for the misinformation.