Fix template parameter
Steven Schveighoffer
schveiguy at gmail.com
Mon Aug 8 13:32:44 UTC 2022
On 8/8/22 8:02 AM, Dom Disc wrote:
> Hello.
> I found in the documentation functions declared like this:
>
> ```D
> pure @nogc @safe BigInt opAssign(T : BigInt)(T x);
> ```
>
> What is the difference to declaring it like:
>
> ```D
> pure @nogc @safe BigInt opAssign(BigInt x);
> ```
>
> To me the first declaration seems to be unnecessarily bloated, so I ask
> myself: does it provide any kind of advantage? I can't see it.
>
Just a guess, but there was a time in the distant past when you could
not overload template functions with regular functions. Perhaps that's why?
Otherwise, no there really isn't a difference in this case.
-Steve
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