Method overloading without Type2Type

[Philippe Sigaud]

On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 22:06, Benjamin Thaut <code at benjamin-thaut.de> wrote:
> The Problem with that version is, that the code that is generated looks like
>
> void main(string[] args){
>         auto test = new Foo!(int,float,double,short,byte)();
>         test.print();
>         test.echo!double(double.init);
>        test.echo!short(short.init);
> }
>
> If the types that are used, are no simple data types, but rather large
> structs, they are copied on every function call. Thats exactly what I want
> to avoid. The Type2Type template has a size of 0, thats why I'm using that
> in the first place.

In that case, just use echo(U)() { ...}, like this:

import std.stdio;

class Foo(T,R...) : Foo!(R) {
       public void print(){
               writefln(T.stringof);
               super.print();
       }

       public void echo(U)() {
               writefln(U.stringof);
       }
}

class Foo(T){
       public void print(){
               writefln("end: " ~ T.stringof);
       }

       public void echo(U)() {
               writefln(U.stringof);
       }
}

void main(string[] args){
       auto test = new Foo!(int,float,double,short,byte)();
       test.print();

       test.echo!double;
       test.echo!short;
}

What's your global goal with this construction? What are you trying to achieve?