[phobos] isStringLike

David Nadlinger via phobos phobos at puremagic.com
Mon Oct 26 13:45:13 PDT 2015


On 26 Oct 2015, at 18:35, Andrei Alexandrescu via phobos wrote:
>>>> Release is unavoidable. Let us ship it then figure out the optimal
>>>> string like definition. The whole auto-decoding mess together with 
>>>> alias
>>>> this mess is important to solve but must not prevent us from 
>>>> releasing
>>>> on time.
>>>
>>> If we release now, we're stuck with isStringLike forever. Any chance
>>> of at least making it package?
>>>
>> I believed it was private/package hack. Anyhow  we can redefine how
>> isStringLike exactly works as long as semantics stay sane.
>
> I see isStringLike is public and documented. At the very least we need 
> to make it undocumented.

I've not really been following this discussion, so please disregard the 
comment if it does not make sense, but: Wouldn't "isStringLike" appear 
in template constraints? If so, then not documenting it is bound to 
create even more confusion.

  — David


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