template/mixin magic for to! auto inferring type from variable

[Chris Katko]

On Friday, 2 February 2024 at 21:01:53 UTC, Paul Backus wrote:
>
> No, D only does bottom-up type inference, not top down.
>
> If you want to avoid repeating the type, use `auto` on the left 
> side:
>
> ```d
> auto time = to!uint(data[1]);
> auto priority = to!int(data[2]);
> ```

Okay thanks. It finally clicked what bottom-up/top-down type 
interference is.

The auto solution won't work for a struct however which I'm using:

```D
struct procTable{ //contains all the fields inside a file I'm 
parsing
    uint time;
    int priority;
    string name;
    // etc
    }
```