catchy phrase for this idiom?

Robert Fraser fraserofthenight at gmail.com
Fri Mar 13 17:41:56 PDT 2009


Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Christopher Wright wrote:
>> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm looking for a catchy phrase denoting this D idiom:
>>>
>>> template Blah(Stuff)
>>> {
>>>    alias ... Blah;
>>> }
>>>
>>> i.e., defining inside a template a symbol of the same name as the 
>>> template itself. Then you can use Blah!(X, Y) to mean Blah!(X, Y).Blah.
>>>
>>> What would be a catchy, descriptive, and memorable phrase for this?
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Andrei
>>
>> Eigentemplate.
> 
> My heart fell among my other integrated circuits. Looks like a huge 
> winner. Thanks Christopher. Oh boy. I wasn't even dreaming about 
> something *this* good.
> 
> Andrei

If it's called this, I will have flashbacks to Linear Algebra every time 
I use it. Just reading this thread brought back my PTSD.



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