• Erik Baklund (6/6) Sep 13 2003 Hi,
• Sean L. Palmer (8/12) Sep 13 2003 I think explicit instantiation is holding them back from their true
• Matthew Wilson (2/5) Sep 13 2003 Agreed. foreach cannot be the totality of our collections, and to have a

Erik Baklund <Erik_member pathlink.com> writes:

Hi,

I am a template-addict form the C++ camp and
curios about what direction D templates will take.
Now that we can pass integer values as template parameters;
are there other new features for templates coming up?

erik

"Sean L. Palmer" <palmer.sean verizon.net> writes:

"Erik Baklund" <Erik_member pathlink.com> wrote in message
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 I am a template-addict form the C++ camp and
 curios about what direction D templates will take.
 Now that we can pass integer values as template parameters;
 are there other new features for templates coming up?

I think explicit instantiation is holding them back from their true
potential.  Yes, it'll make the compiler a little harder to write, but it
would be so worth it.

Walter, I know you have personal reasons for not liking implicit
instantiation, but what are the technical reasons behind that?

Sean

"Matthew Wilson" <matthew stlsoft.org> writes:

 I think explicit instantiation is holding them back from their true
 potential.  Yes, it'll make the compiler a little harder to write, but it
 would be so worth it.

Agreed. foreach cannot be the totality of our collections, and to have a
truly effective template based D-STL we'll need implicit instantiation.