[Issue 1012] New: type templates don't support default arguments

[Don Clugston]

d-bugmail at puremagic.com wrote:
> http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=1012
> 
>            Summary: type templates don't support default arguments
>            Product: D
>            Version: 1.007
>           Platform: PC
>         OS/Version: All
>             Status: NEW
>           Severity: normal
>           Priority: P3
>          Component: DMD
>         AssignedTo: bugzilla at digitalmars.com
>         ReportedBy: thomas-dloop at kuehne.cn
> 
> 
> # class Bar(T = int){
> # }
> # 
> # void foo(T = int)(){
> # }
> # 
> # void main(){
> #    foo(); // success
> #    auto b = new Bar(); // fails
> # }
> 
> test.d(9): class test.Bar(T = int) is used as a type
> test.d(9): Error: new can only create structs, dynamic arrays or class objects, 
> not void's
> 
> 
Are you allowed to leave out the !() in class template instantations?

I'd expect to have to write
   auto b = new Bar!()();
or at least
   auto b = new Bar!();