Re: [Vala] Cannot have field and method with the same name

[Jan Hudec <bulb ucw cz>]

On Fri, Dec 03, 2010 at 15:38:38 -0800, Anatol Pomozov wrote:
> I have a class that contains a field and method with the same name,
> and Valac does not like it. What is the reason? Other languages
> (C#/Java) allow it.

Pardon me. C# does NOT allow that:

test.cs(3,17): error CS0102: The type `Foo' already contains a definition for `stop'

Java allows it, but Java is one of very few languages where method isn't an
object (it is an object -- function pointer -- even in C and C++).

> You have to use () for method so you know whether
> you access method or field.

No, you don't. If there was just the method, this.stop would return
a delegate calling it, so when there's also field stop, the statement would
not be defined.

> public class Foo {
>   public boolean stop = true;
>
>   public boolean stop() {
>     return true;
>   }
> }

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                                                 Jan 'Bulb' Hudec <bulb ucw cz>