Template instantiation syntax

[Max Samukha]

On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:29:21 -0700, Walter Bright
<newshound1 at digitalmars.com> wrote:

>Max Samukha wrote:
>> I hope this insignificant issue is not taking too much of your and
>> Andrei's time.
>
>Implementing it isn't a problem. The volume of messages about it 
>consumes the bulk of the time <g>.
>
>I don't agree that it is insignificant. A lot of programmers are put off 
>by C++ templates, myself included. The question is, why? They shouldn't 
>conceptually be that complicated. I think syntax is a big part of it.
Right, but D template syntax and meaning are way easier to grasp. And
dropping () for single argument instances doesn't seem to make them
look much better. Maybe I just got used to current syntax. 

> I just can never seem to get a mental grip on the C++ template syntax. 
>Like makefiles, I write C++ templates by copy/paste/modify related ones. 
>This is just wrong. If the syntax can be made more intuitive and 
>appealing, I believe it will break down the barriers to using templates 
>naturally.
>
>I've seen this happen for other things. Syntax matters.
Ok. Let's try the lonesome !.