[haXe] function name<T>():Void;

[Marcus Bergstrom]

Thanks for the help guys!

Regards,

Marcus




On Jan 22, 2007, at 6:21 PM, Bent Rasmussen wrote:

> Hello Marcus,
>
> It means that you don't have to stuff all these type parameters  
> into the class parameter set. That is handy and it also means that  
> you don't actually need to supply the T type value - it is  
> inferred. Also, you can't just say
>
> static function getSuperClass(c : Class) : Class<Dynamic>
>
> Since class is parametric. So that that type needs to come from  
> somewhere.
>
> I suppose an alternative syntax could be
>
> static function getSuperClass(c : Class<?T>) : Class<Dynamic>
>
> Best regards
> Bent
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Marcus Bergstrom
> To: The haXe compiler list
> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 6:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [haXe] function name<T>():Void;
>
> Thanks, one more thingy...
>
> What about this one then? (which doesn't restrict the return)
> static function getSuperClass<T>(c : Class<T>) : Class<Dynamic>
>
> Marcus.
>
>
>
> On Jan 22, 2007, at 5:49 PM, Nicolas Cannasse wrote:
>
>>>
>>> You need to explain something to me. I understand Class parameters
>>> (class Array<T>) and stuff, but I am not quite clear on how it  
>>> works for
>>> methods. If we take the Type class as an example, it has no Class
>>> parameters, but you can find several of these:
>>>
>>> static function createInstance<T>(cl : Class<T>, args :  
>>> Array<Dynamic>) : T
>>>
>>> What does the "T" in createInstance<T> actually do.
>>> What is the difference between that and class parameters.
>>> Can someone please clarify this?
>>
>> It means that the function works for every T, but that the return  
>> type
>> is bounded to the argument type. This is a more strictly typed form
>> compared to :
>>
>> createInstance(cl : Class<Dynamic>, args : Array<Dynamic>) : Dynamic
>>
>> Since in the later case, both "Dynamic" are independant.
>>
>> Nicolas
>>
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