Future of D style variadic fuctions

[deadalnix]

Le 09/05/2012 13:57, Jacob Carlborg a écrit :
> On 2012-05-09 13:15, deadalnix wrote:
>> Le 09/05/2012 08:10, SiegeLord a écrit :
>>> For the ignorant: I do NOT mean variadic templates as used by std.stdio.
>>>
>>> I note that they are not mentioned in TDPL. What is the deal with them
>>> and their future? I'll be very displeased if I have to recode a good bit
>>> of Tango that uses them if they are removed... None of my attempts at
>>> coding a replacement for them using variadic templates have matched
>>> their efficiency (in terms of generated code size) or ease of use (they
>>> invariably require a shim function).
>>>
>>> -SL
>>
>> They are useful to interface with existing C code and variadic template
>> have drawback (they for instance cannot be virtual).
>
> C variadics are note the same as D variadics. D has four kinds of
> variadics:
>
> * Template
> * D style
> * Type safe
> * C style
>

If I restate, we have to support C variadic functions. So, I wouldn't 
make sense to not provide them in D. Additionnaly, it wouldn't make 
sense either to not be benefit from the type safety added.