import std.stdio; T foo(T)(auto ref const T val) { return val; } T foo(T, Args...)(auto ref const T val, auto ref const Args u) { static if (is(T == string)) return val ~ foo(u); else return val + foo(u); } void main() { writeln(foo("some ", "test")); // prints some test writeln(foo(2, 2, 1)); // prints 5 }