Template constructor in a non-template struct.

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On Sunday, 8 February 2015 at 22:19:35 UTC, ChrisG wrote:
> Thanks bearophile. Your first suggestion about making the 
> struct a template is something I considered. However, because 
> of all the code I've already written that approach would force 
> me to use inheritance or convert a ton of functions to 
> templates. Ick.
>
> The __ctor syntax looks like the answer to my question. If my 
> struct is used by anyone else though, I'm not sure it would be 
> OK to assume they would even be aware of that syntax. hmmm... 
> Thinking I'll just make it a runtime parameter for now.
>

You could also hide the ugly __ctor() call behind a nicely named 
factory method.