RFC: std.json sucessor

[Sönke Ludwig via Digitalmars-d]

Am 22.08.2014 21:00, schrieb "Marc Schütz" <schuetzm at gmx.net>":
> On Friday, 22 August 2014 at 18:08:34 UTC, Sönke Ludwig wrote:
>> Am 22.08.2014 19:57, schrieb "Marc Schütz" <schuetzm at gmx.net>":
>>> The easiest and cleanest way would be to add a function in
>>> std.data.json:
>>>
>>>     auto parse(Target, Source)(Source input)
>>>         if(is(Target == JSONValue))
>>>     {
>>>         return ...;
>>>     }
>>>
>>> The various overloads of `std.conv.parse` already have mutually
>>> exclusive template constraints, they will not collide with our function.
>>
>> Okay, for parse that may work, but what about to!()?
>
> What's the problem with to!()?

to!() definitely doesn't have a template constraint that excludes 
JSONValue. Instead, it will convert any struct type that doesn't define 
toString() to a D-like representation.