• Thomas Kuehne (26/26) Jun 17 2005 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
• Walter (4/6) Jun 17 2005 It's not legal, but in the general case it's impossible for the compiler...

Thomas Kuehne <thomas-dloop kuehne.this-is-spam.cn> writes:

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class Outer{
        Inner inner;

        class Inner{
        }

        this(){
                inner = new Inner();
        }
}

Outer.Inner test(){
        auto Outer o = new Outer();
        return o.inner;
}

int main(){
	Outer.Inner i = test();
}

"-w" complains: "test no return at end of function"

Is this code legal or should the compiler complain that "i" is pointing
to a defunct instance?

Thomas


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"Walter" <newshound digitalmars.com> writes:

"Thomas Kuehne" <thomas-dloop kuehne.this-is-spam.cn> wrote in message
news:84fbo2-1bu.ln1 lnews.kuehne.cn...
 Is this code legal or should the compiler complain that "i" is pointing
 to a defunct instance?

It's not legal, but in the general case it's impossible for the compiler to
detect it.