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digitalmars.D.learn - support UFCS with fully qualified function names

reply Timothee Cour <thelastmammoth gmail.com> writes:
I'd like to be able to use UFCS with fully qualified function names.

A typical use case is to disambiguate , as in the following case:

 import std.path;
import std.string;
void main(){
    //Error: std.path.join()(const(char)[] p1, const(char)[] p2, const(char[
])[] more...) at ... conflicts with std.string.join at ...
    auto a="".join("\n");
    //what I'd like to have:
    auto a="".(std.path.join)("\n");
}

note: the fact that std.path.join!().join is deprecated is irrelevant to
this discussion.

Any chance this could be supported?

benefits:
avoids breaking UFCS chains
May 20 2013
next sibling parent "bearophile" <bearophileHUGS lycos.com> writes:
Timothee Cour:


 I'd like to be able to use UFCS with fully qualified function 
 names.



     auto a="".(std.path.join)("\n");


It seems an acceptably-looking syntax. But maybe D.learn is not 
the best place to discuss new D syntax.

Regarding new UFCS-related syntax, I sometimes wish for:

alias T = foo.typeof;
byBoolVal.assert;

http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=4272

Bye,
bearophile
May 20 2013
prev sibling parent "bearophile" <bearophileHUGS lycos.com> writes:
Timothee Cour:


     auto a="".(std.path.join)("\n");


I suggest to present it in the main D newsgroup. And if people 
don't hate it, to later write an enhancement request in bugzilla.

Bye,
bearophile
May 20 2013