Do everything in Java…

[Paulo Pinto via Digitalmars-d]

On Wednesday, 10 December 2014 at 08:43:49 UTC, Kagamin wrote:
> On Tuesday, 9 December 2014 at 20:55:51 UTC, Dicebot wrote:
>> Because you don't really create a template that way but 
>> workaround broken function behavior. It is not the usage of 
>> empty templates that is bad but the fact that plain functions 
>> remain broken => not really a solution.
>
> You can compile against phobos sources instead of interface 
> files.

This cannot be the solution if D aspires to be used in contexts 
where binary libraries are used.

C++ is excused to have template code in headers given the 
primitive tooling, but languages like Ada and Modula-3 support 
proper information hiding for generic code.

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Paulo