• Glen Whitney (10/10) Apr 15 2004 Just another "vote" that I would try D for programming projects under my...
• Dave Sieber (7/14) Apr 15 2004 I haven't used templates with D yet, but on the face of it, implicit

Glen Whitney <Glen_member pathlink.com> writes:

Just another "vote" that I would try D for programming projects under my control
if it had more attractive template features, especially including implicit
template instantiation, which I (like many posters here) feel is an essential
feature for generic programming. (D's inline functions wallop C++'s
functor-classes in this regard, but it's hard or at the very least unpleasant to
really capitalize on that advantage without implicitly-instantiated templates.)

I am posting in the hopes that signs of enough demand might lead to improvement
in this area... Otherwise, D does have the refreshing feel of C++ freed from its
C legacy.

Glen Whitney

Dave Sieber <dsieber spamnot.sbcglobal.net> writes:

Glen Whitney <Glen_member pathlink.com> wrote:

 Just another "vote" that I would try D for programming projects under
 my control if it had more attractive template features, especially
 including implicit template instantiation, which I (like many posters
 here) feel is an essential feature for generic programming. (D's
 inline functions wallop C++'s functor-classes in this regard, but it's
 hard or at the very least unpleasant to really capitalize on that
 advantage without implicitly-instantiated templates.) 

I haven't used templates with D yet, but on the face of it, implicit 
instantiation seems like a good idea. Perhaps there are good reasons why 
Walter hasn't implemented it (and they have probably been discussed here, 
before my time :-)

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dave