Local functions infer attributes?

[Daniel N via Digitalmars-d]

On Monday, 29 September 2014 at 00:51:26 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 9/28/2014 5:38 PM, Manu via Digitalmars-d wrote:
>> That said, my friend encountered one of my frequently 
>> recurring pain
>> cases himself yesterday:
>> struct S(T...)
>> {
>>   void f(T args) {}
>> }
>>
>> S!(int, ref S) fail; // <-- no clean way to do this. I need 
>> this very
>> frequently, and he reached for it too, so I can't be that 
>> weird.
>
>   S!(int, S*)

Yet another solution...

http://dpaste.dzfl.pl/e28c55416ce2

... locally you always use ref, but when instantiating another 
template you need to forward the original pointer type to the 
next level... this way it's possible to avoid an explosion of 
"static if":s.