Bragging about Unix and D

[Bruno Medeiros]

Oskar Linde wrote:
> Sean Kelly wrote:
>> Tom S wrote:
>>>
>>> template table(int i = 0) {
>>>     pragma (msg, row!(i));
>>>
>>>     static if (i+1 < height) {
>>>         mixin .table!(i+1) table;
>>>     } else {
>>>         alias void table;
>>>     }
>>> }
>>
>> Huh, now there's a use for mixin I can appreciate.  Nice work.
> 
> but s/mixin/alias/ will work just as well. :)

Here it does, but in the general case it doesn't work as well. First 
since the mixin creates a (unique) new template instance, that might 
differ significantly if such template has run-time members. Second, you 
can't use a mixin in an instruction block, and an alias can (and I've 
used that).
So that's not a good use for mixin, use alias for instantiating dummy 
template instances. :)
Also the
   ... else {
      alias void table;
   }
is not necessary. ;)