All right, all right! Interim decision regarding qualified Object methods

[Jonathan M Davis]

On Friday, July 13, 2012 11:02:30 F i L wrote:
> I always wondered why toString() wasn't just to!string() in the
> first place, short of UFCS not being implemented for all types.

to!string(obj) uses typeof(obj).toString for user-defined types. Even if 
to!string is arguably the better way to convert to a string, it still needs an 
implementation, and for user-defined types, that's toString. It could be argued 
though that we should have just used opCast(T)() if(is(T == string)) {} rather 
than toString. However, given the push to have a version of toString that 
writes to an output range or a scoped delegate rather than creating a new 
string, the opCast wouldn't have fit as well ultimately.

- Jonathan M Davis