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authorGautam Kotian <gautam.kotian@gmail.com>2015-10-15 07:31:48 +0200
committerGautam Kotian <gautam.kotian@gmail.com>2015-10-15 16:55:10 +0200
commitd136abe95434a94bd70a981b1ea2bf0ee1dbf636 (patch)
tree36ae8eeec37add7db662a07eae234bae71bd7308 /d.html.markdown
parent4be1044a64e7ac1000a458087ee9131a9999d05f (diff)
Improve code comments
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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/d.html.markdown b/d.html.markdown
index 88a83e41..ea1c1700 100644
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@@ -74,16 +74,18 @@ are passed to functions by value (i.e. copied) and classes are passed by referen
we can use templates to parameterize all of these on both types and values!
```c
-// Here, T is a type parameter. Think <T> from C++/C#/Java
+// Here, 'T' is a type parameter. Think '<T>' from C++/C#/Java.
struct LinkedList(T) {
T data = null;
- LinkedList!(T)* next; // The ! is used to instaniate a parameterized type. Again, think <T>
+
+ // Use '!' to instantiate a parameterized type. Again, think '<T>'.
+ LinkedList!(T)* next;
}
class BinTree(T) {
T data = null;
- // If there is only one template parameter, we can omit the parentheses
+ // If there is only one template parameter, we can omit the parentheses.
BinTree!T left;
BinTree!T right;
}
@@ -98,13 +100,11 @@ enum Day {
Saturday,
}
-// Use alias to create abbreviations for types
-
+// Use alias to create abbreviations for types.
alias IntList = LinkedList!int;
alias NumTree = BinTree!double;
// We can create function templates as well!
-
T max(T)(T a, T b) {
if(a < b)
return b;
@@ -112,9 +112,8 @@ T max(T)(T a, T b) {
return a;
}
-// Use the ref keyword to ensure pass by referece.
-// That is, even if a and b are value types, they
-// will always be passed by reference to swap
+// Use the ref keyword to ensure pass by reference. That is, even if 'a' and 'b'
+// are value types, they will always be passed by reference to 'swap()'.
void swap(T)(ref T a, ref T b) {
auto temp = a;
@@ -122,13 +121,13 @@ void swap(T)(ref T a, ref T b) {
b = temp;
}
-// With templates, we can also parameterize on values, not just types
+// With templates, we can also parameterize on values, not just types.
class Matrix(uint m, uint n, T = int) {
T[m] rows;
T[n] columns;
}
-auto mat = new Matrix!(3, 3); // We've defaulted type T to int
+auto mat = new Matrix!(3, 3); // We've defaulted type 'T' to 'int'.
```
@@ -138,21 +137,20 @@ have the syntax of POD structures (`structure.x = 7`) with the semantics of
getter and setter methods (`object.setX(7)`)!
```c
-// Consider a class parameterized on a types T, U
-
+// Consider a class parameterized on types 'T' & 'U'.
class MyClass(T, U) {
T _data;
U _other;
-
}
-// And "getter" and "setter" methods like so
+// And "getter" and "setter" methods like so:
class MyClass(T, U) {
T _data;
U _other;
- // Constructors are always named `this`
+ // Constructors are always named 'this'.
this(T t, U u) {
+ // This will call the setter methods below.
data = t;
other = u;
}
@@ -175,8 +173,8 @@ class MyClass(T, U) {
_other = u;
}
}
-// And we use them in this manner
+// And we use them in this manner:
void main() {
auto mc = MyClass!(int, string);