Automatic method overriding in sub-classes

[Tofu Ninja via Digitalmars-d]

On Friday, 30 October 2015 at 21:38:40 UTC, bitwise wrote:
> On Thursday, 29 October 2015 at 01:14:35 UTC, Tofu Ninja wrote:
>> On Thursday, 29 October 2015 at 00:11:06 UTC, Tofu Ninja wrote:
>>> [...]
>>
>> Actually never mind, what I just said was basically auto 
>> override for this() so its not really any different. And it is 
>> kinda limited with some problems.
>
> Sorry, I'm still not clear on whether or not template static 
> this would work for you.
>
> Personally, I don't need dynamic dispatch or per-instance 
> access. For me, as long as class info is generated per class 
> and stored statically, that would suffice. I could always have 
> a base method look up what it needs at runtime by type name or 
> something.
>
> An example would be generating a serializer for a class in 
> template static this to be used at runtime.
>
>    Bit

I could make it work the same way you did, but would rather a 
solution that did not involve a AA lookup.