normal function and template function conflict

[Jonathan M Davis]

On Thursday, July 26, 2012 21:49:35 Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
> On 7/26/12, Jacob Carlborg <doob at me.com> wrote:
> > void seed () (UIntType value = default_seed)
> > 
> > Less typing as well.
> 
> Yep. It's funny how this works at all. I mean a template with no
> template parameters is somehow still a template. :)

It _is _ bit funny, but Ibelieve that  it comes from permitting empty template 
parameter lists. Without that, recursion with eponymous templates would become 
problematic. e.g.

enum template myTemplate(T...)
{
    static if(T.length == 0)
        enum myTemplate = 42;
    else
        enum myTemplate = T[0] * 3 + myTemplate!(T[1 .. $]);
}

needs to be able to take an empty parameter list. It's probably possible to 
make that work without allowing an outright empty parameter list that isn't 
even a variadic template, but I suspect that it's just easier to allow it.

- Jonathan M Davis