• Russ Lewis (11/11) Aug 18 2001 Implementers of D function libraries will likely want to implement
• psheer AT icon DOT co DOT za (10/23) Aug 19 2001 The D spec seems to frown on macros, but this is is a very

Russ Lewis <russ deming-os.org> writes:

Implementers of D function libraries will likely want to implement
different routines for char's and wchars.  Sure, you could implement all
of your string functions as wchar*'s, but that requires a pretty
terrible conversion process.  It would be cool if there was some syntax
where you could declare a single function in the code but it
automatically expands to two versions of it - a char version and a wchar
version.

Ofc, templates do this, but I'm looking for something that might work
w/o having to implement templates.  Maybe a special type that could only
be used as a function parameter or return type.

Brainstorms?

"psheer AT icon DOT co DOT za" <nospam nospam.com> writes:

In article <3B7F3C46.5ADD0A83 deming-os.org>, Russ Lewis
<russ deming-os.org> wrote:
 Implementers of D function libraries will likely want to implement
 different routines for char's and wchars.  Sure, you could implement all
 of your string functions as wchar*'s, but that requires a pretty
 terrible conversion process.  It would be cool if there was some syntax
 where you could declare a single function in the code but it
 automatically expands to two versions of it - a char version and a wchar
 version.
 
 Ofc, templates do this, but I'm looking for something that might work
 w/o having to implement templates.  Maybe a special type that could only
 be used as a function parameter or return type.
 
 Brainstorms?

The D spec seems to frown on macros, but this is is a very
good use for them.

-paul

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