object.factory with template classes for serializing subclasses automatically

[Chris Cain]

On Tuesday, 11 September 2012 at 03:18:40 UTC, timotheecour wrote:
> auto serialize(T)(T a){
>     auto 
> c=cast(SerializerBase)Object.factory("Serializer!("~typeid(a).to!string~").Serializer");
>     return c.serialize(a);
> }

Also, now that I think about it, why couldn't you do this? (it's 
equivalent):

auto serialize(T)(T a) {
     auto c = cast(SerializerBase) new Serializer!T;
     return c.serialize(a);
}