Bug 12233 – Attempting to use TypeInfo.init results in a compiler error due to lack of 'this'.

It tries to use the init() method on TypeInfo, which fails because init() is not static. Particularly annoying in generic code, which is where .init is meant to be used in the first place... Sample: import std.stdio; void main() { writeln(TypeInfo.init); }

Just ran into this with `CommonType!(TypeInfo, TypeInfo)` returning `const(void)[]`.

I think it's worth putting the init function on the deprecation cycle. I'll look into it. What I don't know is if it is affected by the compiler or just druntime.

*** Issue 15037 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***

Commit pushed to master at https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/druntime https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/druntime/commit/04700217971964fdc8edb1798eaa669ec37fa7e9 rename TypeInfo's init method to initializer "init" clashes with the type property of the same name. Adding an alias called "init" to give people a chance to update their code. Further deprecation plan: * 2.071: Do nothing. Keep both init and initializer functional for a while. * 2.072: Deprecate the alias. * 2.073: Replace the alias with an `@disable`d method. * 2.074: Remove the init method, fixing issue 12233.

Commit pushed to stable at https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/druntime https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/druntime/commit/04700217971964fdc8edb1798eaa669ec37fa7e9 rename TypeInfo's init method to initializer

Commit pushed to master at https://github.com/dlang/druntime https://github.com/dlang/druntime/commit/dc7d312b7f22835d8211c0f680fab1088a839324 remove TypeInfo.init Fixes issue 12233 - Attempting to use TypeInfo.init results in a compiler error due to lack of 'this'.

Commit pushed to stable at https://github.com/dlang/druntime https://github.com/dlang/druntime/commit/dc7d312b7f22835d8211c0f680fab1088a839324 remove TypeInfo.init

Commit pushed to newCTFE at https://github.com/dlang/druntime https://github.com/dlang/druntime/commit/dc7d312b7f22835d8211c0f680fab1088a839324 remove TypeInfo.init

Commits pushed to dmd-cxx at https://github.com/dlang/druntime https://github.com/dlang/druntime/commit/04700217971964fdc8edb1798eaa669ec37fa7e9 rename TypeInfo's init method to initializer https://github.com/dlang/druntime/commit/dc7d312b7f22835d8211c0f680fab1088a839324 remove TypeInfo.init