Short overview on D

[Bayan Rafeh via Digitalmars-d]

On Sunday, 3 August 2014 at 13:27:40 UTC, Rikki Cattermole wrote:
> On 4/08/2014 12:30 a.m., Bayan Rafeh wrote:
>> On Sunday, 3 August 2014 at 11:56:32 UTC, Rikki Cattermole 
>> wrote:
>>> On 3/08/2014 11:53 p.m., Bayan Rafeh wrote:
>>>> Small question. Can anyone give me an example of when one 
>>>> would use a
>>>> parametrized block as opposed to a parameterized class or 
>>>> method?
>>>
>>> mixin templates take the context for which they are mixed in. 
>>> Basically:
>>>
>>>
>>> mixin template FooT() {
>>>    void FooT() {
>>>        //...
>>>        writeln(bar);
>>>    }
>>> }
>>>
>>> void myfunc() {
>>>    string bar;
>>>    //...
>>>    mixin FooT;
>>> }
>>>
>>> Templated classes/structs/unions/method or functions are used 
>>> for if
>>> you want to modify code gen itself.
>>
>> I'm not sure if we're going to be using templates much so I'm 
>> going to
>> include a couple of examples you gave, plus the link that Gary 
>> posted
>> which is better than anything I could write right now. Do you 
>> think
>> that's enough?
>
> If you're using writeln, you're using templates. Pretty much, 
> once you start using them, you'll realize inherently how 
> powerful they are. That's why I believe it should be more then 
> just touched upon :)
>
Very well then. I will try my best to do them justice.

>> And I see what you mean with the with statement. It certainly 
>> is an
>> intriguing concept, and I would love to see something like 
>> that.
>
> It's quite underused. It'll be quite exciting to see it being 
> actually used in frameworks.
>
I'll add it in there on the off chance that someone designing a 
framework will stumble upon this tutorial and make use of if.

>> Anonymous: I see. C++ first it is.