Suggestion: auto templates

[bobef]

Trevor Parscal wrote:
> In article <dt9fqs$1v1h$1 at digitaldaemon.com>, bobef says...
>> It would be nice if there were something like auto templates. I.e. if we 
>> have something like:
>>
>> template mytemplate(_type)
>> {
>> 	int foo(_type[] ar);
>> 	int boo(_type ar);
>> }
>>
>>
>> and type something like
>>
>> char[] a;
>> foo(a);
>> //or even
>> mytemplate.boo(a[0]);
>>
>> DMD could autodetect the type and we won't need to specify the type 
>> every time manualy.
> 
> This is a bit ambiguous in actual practice IMHO - but... I also can see how this
> would be awesome - when this ambiguity would be desired.
> 
> Thanks,
> Trevor Parscal


I mean the same way it is possible to write auto a=6;