Type trait alias parameters being either a string or a type

["Nordlöw" via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Wednesday, 15 April 2015 at 08:42:31 UTC, Nordlöw wrote:
> As a follow up to
>
> http://forum.dlang.org/thread/waxtzdemkuzvqdwilulj@forum.dlang.org#post-waxtzdemkuzvqdwilulj:40forum.dlang.org
>
> I'm trying to create a type trait isIndexableBy at
>
> https://github.com/nordlow/justd/blob/isIndexableBy-problem/typecons_ex.d
>
> DMD complains
>
> typecons_ex.d(78,30): Error: template instance isUnsigned!("I") 
> does not match template declaration isUnsigned(T)
> typecons_ex.d(79,30): Error: template instance isIndex_!("I") 
> does not match template declaration isIndex_(I)
> typecons_ex.d(91,35): Error: template instance 
> typecons_ex.isIndexType!("I") error instantiating
> typecons_ex.d(95,19):        instantiated from here: 
> isIndexableBy!(int[], "I")
> typecons_ex.d(96,19): Error: template instance 
> isIndexableBy!(int[3], ubyte) does not match template 
> declaration isIndexableBy(R, alias I)
> typecons_ex.d(183,20): Error: template typecons_ex.indexedBy 
> cannot deduce function from argument types !(ubyte)(int[3]), 
> candidates are:
> typecons_ex.d(156,6):        typecons_ex.indexedBy(alias I, 
> R)(R range) if (isIndexableBy!(R, I))
>
> How do I make the call isUnsigned!I return false instead of 
> error when I is a CT string literal?
>
> Is my design sane ("D-ish")?

I managed to make it all work at

https://github.com/nordlow/justd/blob/master/typecons_ex.d#L114

by using two separate definitions of IndexedBy.
Not pretty but works for now.

See
http://forum.dlang.org/thread/waxtzdemkuzvqdwilulj@forum.dlang.org#post-cirmlonzdhcryinyeyap:40forum.dlang.org

for follow-up posts.