Fallback 'catch-all' template functions

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d]

On 9/3/16 2:41 AM, Manu via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> On 3 September 2016 at 00:18, Xinok via Digitalmars-d
> <digitalmars-d at puremagic.com> wrote:
>>
>> In the past, I have suggested using the "default" keyword to specify a
>> fallback function of this kind. I think it's a useful pattern for generic
>> algorithms that have optimized variants on specific types for performance.
>>
>>    void f(T)(T t) if(isSomething!T) {}
>>    void f(T)(T t) if(isSomethingElse!T) {}
>>    void f(T)(T t) default {}
>
> It's an interesting idea... flesh out a DIP?

We're better off without that. -- Andrei