catchy phrase for this idiom?

Simen Kjaeraas simen.kjaras at gmail.com
Fri Mar 13 18:51:15 PDT 2009


Robert Fraser <fraserofthenight at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.

And here I thought that'd be a good thing...

--
Simen



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