Re: object.getClass is still an error in annotation

Oliver Ruebenacker <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lang.scala
Message-ID <CAA=X4ODfBvERZEVoYQ9-RMMf1a7=Mj_RkOsja-NU25oesAbNCw@mail.gmail.com>
How is the use of O.type related to the message subject and the issue
referenced?

On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 4:11 PM, Rodrigo Cano <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thats exactly why he is using .type and not getClass, annotations exists
> during compile time, not runtime (the information can be retained, but it
> all must exists during compile time, its completely static).
>
> On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 5:08 PM, Oliver Ruebenacker <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>   Right!
>>
>>   Still, O.getClass (a method called at run time) and O.type (a constant
>> evaluated at compile time) are two different things.
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 4:02 PM, Rodrigo Cano <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> @Oliver you are writing that statement in the wrong position, you can
>>> only use <Singleton>.type in a place were a type is expected:
>>>
>>> scala> object O
>>> defined object O
>>>
>>> scala> val theO: O.type = O
>>> theO: O.type = O$@39ed3c8d
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 4:47 PM, Oliver Ruebenacker <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>      Hello,
>>>>
>>>>   Isn't the problem with O.type, rather than with object.getClass?
>>>>
>>>> scala> object O
>>>> defined object O
>>>>
>>>> scala> O.type
>>>> <console>:1: error: identifier expected but 'type' found.
>>>>        O.type
>>>>          ^
>>>>
>>>>      Best, Oliver
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 3:26 PM, Simon Schäfer <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  scala> object O
>>>>> defined object O
>>>>>
>>>>> scala> classOf[O.type]
>>>>> <console>:9: error: class type required but O.type found
>>>>>               classOf[O.type]
>>>>>                        ^
>>>>>
>>>>> It is broken. Therefore
>>>>>
>>>>> scala> :paste
>>>>> // Entering paste mode (ctrl-D to finish)
>>>>>
>>>>> @pickling.directSubclasses(Array(classOf[O1.type]))
>>>>> sealed abstract class C(val a: Int)
>>>>> object O1 extends C(1)
>>>>>
>>>>> // Exiting paste mode, now interpreting.
>>>>>
>>>>> <console>:7: error: class type required but O1.type found
>>>>>        @pickling.directSubclasses(Array(classOf[O1.type]))
>>>>>                                                   ^
>>>>>
>>>>> is also broken. There is another thing broken:
>>>>>
>>>>> scala> :paste
>>>>> // Entering paste mode (ctrl-D to finish)
>>>>>
>>>>> @pickling.directSubclasses(Array(O1T))
>>>>> sealed abstract class C(val a: Int)
>>>>> object O1 extends C(1)
>>>>> final val O1T = O1.getClass
>>>>>
>>>>> // Exiting paste mode, now interpreting.
>>>>>
>>>>> <console>:7: error: annotation argument needs to be a constant; found:
>>>>> this.O1T
>>>>>        @pickling.directSubclasses(Array(O1T))
>>>>>                                         ^
>>>>>
>>>>> One workaround is:
>>>>>
>>>>> scala> :paste
>>>>> // Entering paste mode (ctrl-D to finish)
>>>>>
>>>>> @pickling.directSubclasses(Array(classOf[O1]))
>>>>> sealed abstract class C(val a: Int)
>>>>> case class O1() extends C(1)
>>>>>
>>>>> // Exiting paste mode, now interpreting.
>>>>>
>>>>> defined class C
>>>>> defined class O1
>>>>>
>>>>> Not that awesome. Does anyone know another workaround? I don't even
>>>>> ask if anyone has the time to fix these - I don't know - 10 year old bugs
>>>>> (one ticket is https://issues.scala-lang.org/browse/SI-2453).
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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