template specialization for arrays

[J Arrizza]

I have a template that I'd like to have a specialization for arrays.
Initiall I need it to work for byte arrays, but I'd like to make it
eventually work for all arrays. The page
http://d-programming-language.org/template says to use

template TFoo(T : T[]) { ... } // #2


but when I try it, it doesn't quite work:

template abc(T)
  {
    void abc(T parm1)
      {
        writeln("simpleparm: ", parm1);
      }
  }

template abc(T: T[])
  {
    void abc(T parm1)
      {
        writeln("array : ", parm1);
      }
  }


void main(string[] args)
  {
    abc(1);
    abc("str");
    int[] arr = [1, 2];
    abc(arr);
  }


The output is:

simpleparm: 1
simpleparm: str
simpleparm: [1, 2]


Which is not what I want, it needs to be the specialized  template for
arrays. Note, this doesn't work either:

template abc(T: T[])
  {
    void abc(T[] parm1)
      {
        writeln("array : ", parm1);
      }
  }


John
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