syntax sugar: std.path::buildPath instead of from!"std.path".buildPath

Jacob Carlborg via Digitalmars-d digitalmars-d at puremagic.com
Tue Feb 14 01:55:51 PST 2017


On 2017-02-14 04:49, Timothee Cour via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> What about allowing syntax sugar as an alternative to relying on the new
> `from/Module` inline import idiom:
>
> ```
> void fun(T)(std.stdio::File input, T value) if
> (std.traits::isIntegral!T) {...}
> ```
>
> instead of:
>
> ```
> void fun(T)(Module!"std.stdio".File input, T value) if
> (Module!"std.traits".isIntegral!T) {...}
> ```
>
> Rationale:
>
> * this reads much better (less noise); same as `=>` syntax for lambdas
>
> * this is expected to be a very common pattern, so might as well make it
> as simple as possible

Why? It looks awful. The signatures we already have in Phobos is quite 
ridiculous, this will not improve. Isn't this and the whole idea of DIP 
1005 just a workaround for the compiler not lazily analyzing the symbols.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg


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