Combining Templates While Minimizing Bloat
jmh530
john.michael.hall at gmail.com
Wed Feb 15 03:14:37 UTC 2023
The code below has two `foo` functions that take slices, one
accepts a const(T)* iterator and one accepts a generic Iterator
with the property that the slice isn't convertible to the first
one. The nice thing about this is that if you pass it with a
double* or const(double)*, then it doesn't increase template
bloat. The problem, however, is that I have to either have two
implementations or a separate `fooImpl` function to implement the
desired functionality. Is there any way to combine together the
`foo` functions in a way that maintains the template bloat
reducing behavior of the first function?
The example below uses mir, but it just as easily could be
adapted to other types.
```d
/+dub.sdl:
dependency "mir-algorithm" version="*"
+/
import std.stdio: writeln;
import mir.ndslice.slice;
void foo(T)(Slice!(const(T)*, 1) x)
{
writeln("here");
writeln("Iterator = ", typeid(IteratorOf!(typeof(x))));
}
void foo(Iterator)(Slice!(Iterator, 1) x)
if (!is(Iterator : const(U)*, U))
{
writeln("there");
writeln("Iterator = ", typeid(IteratorOf!(typeof(x))));
}
void main()
{
double[] x = [1.0, 2, 3];
auto y = x.sliced;
auto z = y.toConst;
foo(y); //prints "here" and "Iterator=const(double)*"
foo(z); //prints "here" and "Iterator=const(double)*"
auto a = y / 6;
foo(a); //prints "there" and "Iterator=(some long template
text)"
}
```
I tried something like
```d
void foo(Iterator)(Slice!(const Iterator, 1) x) {}
```
but this isn't a valid mir iterator since it becomes
const(double*) (a const pointer to a const double). What I need
is const(double)* (a mutable pointer to a const double).
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