color lib

[Manu via Digitalmars-d]

On 7 October 2016 at 12:38, Manu <turkeyman at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7 October 2016 at 12:25, Chris Wright via Digitalmars-d
> <digitalmars-d at puremagic.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, 07 Oct 2016 11:42:08 +1000, Manu via Digitalmars-d wrote:
>>> I think throwing is the precedented action in that failure case...
>>> what would you suggest?
>>
>> In C# 1.0, the standard pattern was to throw on errors. Later, they
>> revised their preferred mechanism and started offering methods like:
>>
>>   static bool TryParse(string str, out DateTime dt) {...}
>
> Indeed, but what should WE do?

I've rolled with:
  bool colorFromString(Color = RGB8)(scope const(char)[] str, out
Color color) pure nothrow @safe @nogc