[nem-en] doesn't work: using(def a = A())

[Piotr Kalinowski]

On 06/02/06, Valient Gough <valient at gmail.com> wrote:
> If class A inherits from IDisposable, then the following would work in C#:
>
> using(A a = new A())
> { ... }
>
> But in Nemerle, trying this gives a compiler error:
>
> using(def a = A())
> { ... }
>
> test2.n:13:1:13:6: error: expected System.IDisposable, got void in
> type-enforced expression: void is not a subtype of System.IDisposable
> [simple require]

It's because in Nemerle, unlike in C#, assignment does not return
assigned value. So the type of any assignment is void.

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