[Issue 5368] New: Remove Typesafe Variadic Functions for class objects

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           Summary: Remove Typesafe Variadic Functions for class objects
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: spec
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: DMD
        AssignedTo: nobody at puremagic.com
        ReportedBy: bearophile_hugs at eml.cc


--- Comment #0 from bearophile_hugs at eml.cc 2010-12-24 00:47:44 PST ---
I suggest to remove a feature from the D2 language, "Typesafe Variadic
Functions" for class objects:
http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/function.html

This is the example in the docs:


class Foo
{
    int x;
    char[] s;

    this(int x, char[] s)
    {
    this.x = x;
    this.s = s;
    }
}

void test(int x, Foo f ...);

...

Foo g = new Foo(3, "abc");
test(1, g);        // ok, since g is an instance of Foo
test(1, 4, "def");    // ok
test(1, 5);        // error, no matching constructor for Foo


In the last years I have never used this feature, so I think it's not useful
often enough.

Once the feature is missing you have to replace code like this:
test(1, 4, "def");

With:
test(1, new Foo(4, "def"));

So it doesn't seem a significant loss.

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