• d-bugmail puremagic.com (30/30) Dec 08 2021 https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22579

d-bugmail puremagic.com writes:

https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22579

          Issue ID: 22579
           Summary: Unittests defined in a template are instantiated
                    indiscriminately in betterC mode AND cause inscrutable
                    errors
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Hardware: x86
                OS: Windows
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P1
         Component: dmd
          Assignee: nobody puremagic.com
          Reporter: andrei erdani.com

This is a twofer.

A top-level unittest that is not marked with  betterC in Phobos causes no
trouble in betterC mode. However, inside a template that's not the case:

template canon(string v)
{
    unittest
    {
        Object[] arr = [new A(1), new B(), null];
    }
}

If client code instantiates this template the unittest will be materialized.

The second bug is that the line above causes an error message without a line or
any other information:

Error: `TypeInfo` cannot be used with -betterC

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