Const template

[Bruno Medeiros]

Andrei Alexandrescu (See Website for Email) wrote:
> 
> The problem is that D does not have a clear stance on what a storage
> class is, and how it is to be manipulated statically. It is unclear
> whether storage is part of the type or a separate attribute of an
> expression. If this is not solved, it will inflict unbounded amounts of
> pain onto template code. Wiring more storage classes (such as 'lazy'
> which I realized Wednesday was a bad idea as it murks things even more
> and is thoroughly ill-designed because it is a storage class that
> actually changes the syntax of the object use -- someday Walter should
> stand the pressure and stop adding features just because people say they
> seem cool) into the language is not going to help any. Heck that was a
> long sentence :o).
> 
> 
> Andrei
> 
What's wrong with 'lazy'? 'lazy' is not a storage class. Its behavior 
only seems strange if you think of it as a storage class (i.e., some 
that does not fundamentally change the underlying type).

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Bruno Medeiros - MSc in CS/E student
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