KeyType, ValueType traits for hashes
bearophile
bearophileHUGS at lycos.com
Tue Jan 24 10:49:35 PST 2012
Mantis:
> Of course, most likely that user already did type check, but if not,
> this will give less cryptic error:
>
> Error: static assert "Not associative array: int"
> instantiated from here: KeyType!(int)
>
> , instead of:
>
> Error: template instance KeyType!(int) KeyType!(int) does not match
> template declaration KeyType(AA) if (isAssociativeArray!(AA))
It's a tradeoff. Your custom error message is more readable, but the failure at the template constraint causes a error line at the instantiation point. Sadly I think there is no solution that solves both problems (we have stack traces for templates, but...).
Bye,
bearophile
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