Proposal: static template(fail)
BCS
ao at pathlink.com
Thu Dec 13 11:28:07 PST 2007
Reply to Janice,
> I would like to propose a new statement:
>
> static template(fail);
>
> which causes a compile-time substitution failure. And remember: SFINAE
> - Substitution Failure Is Not An Error
>
> Let me give you an example:
>
> struct S(T)
> {
> static if(isFloatingPoint!(T))
> {
> /*...*/
> }
> else static if(passesSomeVeryComplicatedTest!(T))
> {
> /*...*/
> }
> else
> {
> static template(fail); // SFINAE
> }
> }
> This has advantages over old-style specialisation.
>
vote++
either for the "static template(fail)" or "T:if(exp)" form
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