public alias to private template implementation
monarch_dodra
monarchdodra at gmail.com
Mon Sep 16 14:00:20 PDT 2013
Reduced:
//----
module A;
alias fun = Impl!int;
private template Impl(T)
{
void Impl(){}
}
//----
void main()
{
fun();
}
//----
Error: function A.Impl!int.Impl is not accessible from module main
//----
I'm trying to implement a set of public funtions, in terms of a
template. Said template has no business being know to the user,
so I want to mark it as private. Unfortunately, if I do this,
then I can't use the alias, because "Impl is private".
Question 1: Is this the correct behavior? I'd have expected that
if my alias is public, it would allow any one from outside to
make the call correctly.
Question 2: Is there a "correct" way to do this? I possible, I'd
want to avoid "nesting" the template, eg:
auto fun(){return Impl!int();}
As that would:
a) require more typing ^^
b) incur an extra function call in non-inline
c) if at all possible, I actually need "fun" to be a template, so
that it can be inlined.
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