I want to add a Phobos module with template mixins for common idioms.

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On Friday, 10 May 2013 at 21:04:32 UTC, Idan Arye wrote:
> On Wednesday, 8 May 2013 at 20:11:34 UTC, Idan Arye wrote:
>> OK, so I'm gonna go ahead and implement it, so I can show by 
>> example that the string solution can be typesafe, scalable and 
>> elegant.
>
> OK, this is a basic implementation:
> https://gist.github.com/someboddy/5557358
>
> Before I can make the pull request, I still need to do 
> documentation, add some asserts to make sure users don't 
> declare methods or subtypes in the property declarations 
> string, add some more unit tests, and add the other idiom(the 
> singleton).
>
> But, it's still enough for demonstrating that strings are not 
> evil, and that their usage here does not brake type safety, 
> scope, or anything else.

That's a very nice syntax. It would be a good start for a mixin 
library.