• d-bugmail puremagic.com (36/36) Mar 08 2023 https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23766

d-bugmail puremagic.com writes:

https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23766

          Issue ID: 23766
           Summary: Mixin template should support core.attribute:selector
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Hardware: x86_64
                OS: Mac OS X
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P1
         Component: dmd
          Assignee: nobody puremagic.com
          Reporter: msnmancini hotmail.com

I understand about not supporting selector for templates. But mixin template
should not even be considered template as it only inserts the code where it is.


Objective c has a bind boilerplate code while defining the alloc/init, and it
can even be simplified by using the following mixin:

```d

mixin template ObjectiveCOpCall()
{
    extern(Objective-C) override static typeof(this) alloc()  selector("alloc")
    extern(Objective-C) override typeof(this) init()  selector("init");
    extern(D) final static typeof(this) opCall(){return alloc.init;}
}

extern(Objective-C):
extern class NSObject
{
    static NSObject alloc()  selector("alloc");
    NSObject init()  selector("init");
}

extern class MTLRenderPassColorDescriptor : NSObject
{
    mixin ObjectiveCOpCall();
}
```

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