Making Metaprogramming Pleasant and Fun

[Sergey Gromov]

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:25:19 -0400, Chad J wrote:

> Suggestion 1:
> 
> For any template whose argument list ends with a string argument, such
> as this one:
> 
> template foo( T, string arg )
> {
> ...
> }
> 
> ... allow it to be instantiated (or mixed in) like so:
> 
> foo!(T)
> {
>     // Some token string.
> }
> 
> or
> 
> mixin foo!(T)
> {
>     // Some token string.
> }

I agree it would be nice to add some sugar to mixin usage.  But I'm
afraid this particular proposal has too many corner cases and parsing
ambiguities.  I cannot point out any right now, it's just an impression.