Bug 1083 – classtype.classinfo.name can't be evaluated in compile-time

template typeadder(T) { const char[] typeadder=T.classinfo.name~"hello"; } class classa { } void main() { pragma(msg,typeadder!(classa)); } above should compile and following throws me insane error message class MyClass { } class MyClassInLine { } template classcast(T) { const char[] inlinename=T.classinfo.name~"InLine"; char[] classcastfunc(T.classinfo.name) { auto ktype= addinline(T.classinfo.name); return inlinename~" classcast("~T.classinfo.name~" base) { "~inlinename~" ret; ret = cast("~inlinename~")cast(void*)base; ret.classinfo.vtbl="~inlinename~".classinfo.vtbl; return ret; }" ; } mixin(classcastfunc(T.name)); } void main() { MyClass a= new MyClass; MyClassInLine v; v.classinfo.vtbl = MyClass.classinfo.vtbl; v= classcast!(MyClass)(a); } error message: testclassinfo.d(13): Error: no property 'classinfo' for type 'testclassinfo.MyClass' Yet MyClass should has the property classinfo

Please put different bugs in separate bug reports.

i can use stringof to bypass this kind of request. So this should be invalid. cause ClassInfo is a runtime info though which might looks like compile time determined.