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reply "JR" <zorael gmail.com> writes:
Is there a big reason why Appender.put doesn't return &this?

http://dpaste.dzfl.pl/bb840e3e349e

It would allow for convenient chaining. :<
Jul 24 2014
next sibling parent "Temtaime" <temtaime gmail.com> writes:
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It's better to return "this" and have return type "ref auto" i 
think.
Jul 24 2014
prev sibling parent "monarch_dodra" <monarchdodra gmail.com> writes:
On Thursday, 24 July 2014 at 17:43:36 UTC, JR wrote:
 Is there a big reason why Appender.put doesn't return &this?

 http://dpaste.dzfl.pl/bb840e3e349e

 It would allow for convenient chaining. :<
AFAIK, no reason no. That said, it wouldn't be useable in generic code.
Jul 24 2014