Extending UFCS to templates
kennytm
kennytm at gmail.com
Sat Mar 3 14:08:23 PST 2012
Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrovich at gmail.com> wrote:
> I thought I'd be cool if we could use UFCS for templates. For example
> instead of this:
>
> template isOneOf(X, T...)
> {
> static if (!T.length)
> enum bool isOneOf = false;
> else static if (is(Unqual!X == T[0]))
> enum bool isOneOf = true;
> else
> enum bool isOneOf = isOneOf!(Unqual!X, T[1..$]);
> }
>
> void test(T)(T t)
> if (isOneOf!(T, int, double))
> { }
>
> void main() {
> test(1);
> }
>
> We would be able use code like this:
>
> void test(T)(T t)
> if (T.isOneOf!(int, double)) // UFCS (or maybe Uniform Template
> Instantiation Syntax? :p)
> { }
>
> A far-fetched dream?
This only works for types. Values (thus, aliases) would be ambiguous.
1.isOneOf!(2, 3)
// could be isOneOf!(1, 2, 3)
// or isOneOf!(2, 3)(1)
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