Boost::Any ported to D

[Fredrik Olsson]

Oskar Linde skrev:
> Fredrik Olsson wrote:
>> Oskar Linde skrev:
>>> Fredrik Olsson wrote:
>>>> Perhaps a prefix is in order, in your example:
>> <snip>
>>> There is already a postfix: []
>>>
>>> "test"[] // Dynamic
>>> "test" // Static
>>>
>>
>> Ah, stupid of me. I like it.
>>
>> But where is this documented? I can not find any mention about it 
>> under StringLiterals, and ArrayLiterals under expressions.
> 
> Not very well documented, but:
> 
> http://www.digitalmars.com/d/expression.html
> 
> """
> SliceExpression:
>     PostfixExpression [ ]
>     PostfixExpression [ AssignExpression .. AssignExpression ]
> """
> 
> The first form is the full slice. It seems to be missing from
> 
> http://www.digitalmars.com/d/expression.html#SliceExpression
> 
> though.
> 
Aah, I see. Not as much an intentional postfix, as an useful side-effect 
of slicing. Goot thing(tm), a small amount of highly flexible stuff, is 
way better then tons of specialization.

// Fredrik Olsson

> /Oskar