• JG (16/16) Jun 11 2021 Is it specified somewhere which way the following program will be
• H. S. Teoh (7/27) Jun 11 2021 The rule is that member functions will always take precedence over UFCS.

JG <JG somewhere.com> writes:

Is it specified somewhere which way the following program will be 
interpreted?

     import std;

     struct A
     {
         int x=17;
     }

     int x(A a)
     {
         return 100*a.x;
     }

     void main()
     {
         A a;
        writeln(a.x);
     }

"H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh quickfur.ath.cx> writes:

On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 03:00:00PM +0000, JG via Digitalmars-d-learn wrote:
 Is it specified somewhere which way the following program will be
 interpreted?
 
     import std;
 
     struct A
     {
         int x=17;
     }
 
     int x(A a)
     {
         return 100*a.x;
     }
 
     void main()
     {
         A a;
        writeln(a.x);
     }

The rule is that member functions will always take precedence over UFCS.
UFCS only kicks in when the member function of that name cannot be
found.


T

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