free function on arrays & language operations

[Jonathan M Davis]

On Tuesday, December 07, 2010 10:10:31 spir wrote:
> Hello again,
> 
> I started to be found of defining types which basically are arrays with
> free functions, instead of creating a struct or class with methods. Not
> only we still have pseudo-method syntax (for arrays only), but this allows
> customizing the type when needed. But: is there a way to define functions
> corresponding to language operations (opEquals, opIndex, toString...)
> without creating a true type?

No. You need to create an actual type for that sort of thing. Arrays aren't 
intended to be used for creating types. strings are kind of a special case in 
that regard, and they're not exactly their own type anyway.

- Jonathan M Davis