Overloading templates

[Bill Baxter]

On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 10:09 AM, Sean Kelly <sean at invisibleduck.org> wrote:
> I'm inclined to say this isn't possible, but just in case I'm wrong, can someone
> tell me how to make this code work:
>
>    size_t find(Buf, Pat)( Buf buf, Pat pat )
>    {
>        return 0;
>    }
>
>    template find( char[] exp )
>    {
>        size_t find(Buf, Pat)( Buf buf, Pat pat )
>        {
>            return 0;
>        }
>    }
>
>    void main()
>    {
>        find( "abc", 'a' );
>        find!("a == b")( "abc", 'a' );
>    }
>
> Basically, I want a template function to overload with another template
> function that I can partially specialize.

This works in D1 and D2.  Requires find!()("abc",'a') as calling
syntax, though.  That's the closest I was able to come up with.

template find()
{
    size_t find(Buf, Pat)( Buf buf, Pat pat )
    {
        return 0;
    }
}

template find( string exp )
{
    size_t find(Buf, Pat)( Buf buf, Pat pat )
    {
        return 0;
    }
}

void main()
{
    find!()( "abc", 'a' );
    find!("a==b")( "abc", 'a' );
}

--bb