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

[Atila Neves via Digitalmars-d]

On Wednesday, 15 February 2017 at 17:10:26 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe 
wrote:
> On Wednesday, 15 February 2017 at 07:56:00 UTC, Jacob Carlborg 
> wrote:
>> Your documentation is an improvement but it doesn't help when 
>> reading the source code.
>
> Yeah, I think there's a few things we can do in the source too. 
> We should find the common combinations and abstract them out, 
> like I said before, isInputRangeOf is potentially useful.
>
> Though, like Andrei, I'm skeptical on doing too much of that, 
> since the combinations can quickly explode and then you just 
> have to search through more to figure out wtf they mean.
>
> That'd help the source and docs if we find the right balance.

I submitted a Phobos PR for `isInputRangeOf`. It was nuked from 
orbit. I understand why: as you mention, the combinatorial 
explosion of names is an issue. But: it's a mess rangeifying code 
when this:

void fun(Foo[] foos);  // yay! readable

becomes:

void fun(R)(R foos) if(isInputRange!R && 
is(Unqual!(ElementType!R) == Foo);

Ugh.

Atila