Generated template with name conflict

[buckle2000]

Using the same example as #252, dstep would genreate the following code:

extern (D) auto uiControl(T)(auto ref T this)
{
    return cast(uiControl*) this;
}
struct uiControl
{
  // omitted
}

This will not compile in D

source/ui.d(83,17): Error: template ui.uiControl(T)(auto ref T that) conflicts with struct ui.uiControl at source/ui.d(64,1)

[jacob-carlborg]

Hmm, seems difficult to fix.

[buckle2000]

Is it possible to generate a constructor instead?

[jacob-carlborg]

I don't think so. A construct would return the type it's defined in. While this macro returns a pointer to uiControl.

DStep could detect the naming conflict and choose to rename one of the symbols.

BTW, how is this intended to be used?

[buckle2000]

I think libui (in C) has its own OOP inheritance system. There are functions like void setChild(uiControl* child) and you can pass uiControl(window) to it. Probably some pointer magic there. For my D binding, I renamed that to toControl and it works.

Original C code:

struct uiControl {
	...
};
#define uiControl(this) ((uiControl *) (this))

I hate macros.

Maybe dstep should add underscore after names when conflict happens and show a warning.