is(x = module) vs. __traits(isModule, x)

[Jacob Carlborg]

On Wednesday, 7 October 2020 at 19:44:59 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:

> However, the way things turned out, it appears that __traits 
> has become sorta a de facto standard for metaprogramming 
> primitives, and Phobos has kinda fallen behind on the job.  So 
> perhaps it's time to rethink this decision?

Yes, because just wrapping existing `__traits` in templates don't 
give you much value, just a different syntax. But it comes with 
all the problems that templates bring (which have been discussed 
many times).

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/Jacob Carlborg