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[Dicebot via Digitalmars-d]

On Tuesday, 9 December 2014 at 20:19:59 UTC, H. S. Teoh via 
Digitalmars-d wrote:
> I don't see what's the problem with making it an "empty" 
> template. It
> eliminates dead code in your executable if you never call that 
> function,
> it enables attribute inference, and it allows inlining. The 
> only major
> incompatibility I can see is the ability to ship closed-source
> libraries, but in that case, inlining is already out of the 
> question
> anyway, so it's a non-issue.
>
> Or am I missing something obvious?

Because you don't really create a template that way but 
workaround broken function behavior. It is not the usage of empty 
templates that is bad but the fact that plain functions remain 
broken => not really a solution.