aliased functions

[janderson]

Dan wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> I was just going through my huge methods file, and I thought to myself that it might be beneficial if we somehow allowed ourselves to use:
> 
> alias int function(int x, uint y) myFunctionStandard;
> 
> myFunctionStandard myFunctionName {
>  functionContents...
> }
> 
> Reasons?  Keeping it all in one place could reduce errors, make it more readable, and less verbose.  I have a file with over 180 methods that all have identical parameters so they can be called through a common mechanism.
> 
> Alternatively, anyone have a template for this already?

You could use tuples.  Not quite as neat I guess.

template Tuple(E...)
{
     alias E Tuple;
}
alias Tuple!(int, uint) myFunctionStandard;
alias int myFunctionStandardReturn;

myFunctionStandardReturn myFunctionName(myFunctionStandard tl)
{
  functionContents...
}