std.conv.parse for user defined structs/objects

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2013-12-27 20:38, Ilya Yaroshenko wrote:
> Hello!
>
> Can we introduce std.conv.parse for user defined structs/classes?
>
> I think we can define inner static method:
>
> -----------
> struct UserStruct
> {
>      static typeof(this) parseImpl(Range)(Range range)
>      if(...)
>      {
>          typeof(this) ret;
>          ...
>          return ret;
>      }
> }
> -----------
> or something like that.
>
> And then use it in standard parse function.
>
> The reason is common parse, formattedRead and io/stdio.readf functions
> that can be used for user defined types (and for voldemort user defined
> types too!).

Isn't this starting to look like serialization?

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg