[Issue 7177] $ should forward to length by default

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http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=7177



--- Comment #31 from timon.gehr at gmx.ch 2013-03-21 13:02:41 PDT ---
(In reply to comment #24)
> (In reply to comment #22)
> > ...
> > the same reason. As it stands, you pretty much can't use $ in generic code.
> > It's only good for arrays, because you can't count on it working for anything
> > else.
> 
> Yes you can, it just requires the range supports $.  Define supportsDollar
> trait.  Done.
> ...

Needing to state in the template constraint that a type supports syntax sugar
appears to be sub-optimal at best. (Whether or not it is used will usually be
an implementation detail.) IMO adding opDollar using UFCS makes the most sense.

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