test if object is instance of class at compile time

[Andrew Wiley]

On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 8:35 AM, Trass3r <un at known.com> wrote:
> I'd really like to have 'if (instance is ClassType)' syntax in D.

It couldn't use that syntax because 'is' means direct bitwise equality
everywhere else. Changing it in this one situation would be awkward.