Bug 7765 – Cannot access __gshared function pointers from static methods

Status
RESOLVED
Resolution
INVALID
Severity
major
Priority
P2
Component
dmd
Product
D
Version
D2
Platform
All
OS
All
Creation time
2012-03-24T18:32:00Z
Last change time
2012-04-06T09:41:02Z
Assigned to
nobody
Creator
andrej.mitrovich

Comments

Comment #0 by andrej.mitrovich — 2012-03-24T18:32:23Z
class Foo { static int test() { return c_func(); } extern(C) __gshared int c_func(); } test.d(7): Error: need 'this' to access member c_func The docs say: __gshared may also be applied to member variables and local variables. In these cases, **__gshared is equivalent to static**, except that the variable is shared by all threads rather than being thread local. And true enough it works fine with regular variables: class Foo { static int getX() { return x; } extern(C) __gshared int x; } But not with function pointers, unless they're declared outside the class. I think this is a bug.
Comment #1 by bugzilla — 2012-03-24T21:44:57Z
c_func() is a function, not a function pointer nor a variable, and so __gshared has no effect on it. Not a bug.
Comment #2 by andrej.mitrovich — 2012-04-06T09:41:02Z
(In reply to comment #1) > c_func() is a function, not a function pointer nor a variable, and so __gshared > has no effect on it. > > Not a bug. Ok. But why is 'static' required? This won't work: class Foo { static int test() { return c_func(); } extern(C) int c_func(); } test.d(5): Error: need 'this' to access member c_func