Just for fun, I'm trying to implement an alternative base library to avoid template/mixin/static/traits code with only one objective: make "intelliSense" code analyzers tasks easier.

I need "Generics"... but D has not generics: I use templates in the "simplest" possible way

I.E.:
```d
interface IIterable(T)
{
  bool empty();
  void popFront();
  T front();
}

IIterable!S toIterable(S)(S[] source)
  => new ArrayIterable!S(source);
IIterable!S filter(S)(IIterable!S source, bool delegate(S item) predicate)
  => new Filter!S(source, predicate);
IIterable!S filter(S)(S[] source, bool delegate(S item) predicate)
  => toIterable(source).filter(predicate);
// ...

```

Then, in main.d I do
```d
import std.stdio;
void main(){
[1,2,3,4,5,6].toIterable!int.filter!int(i=>i%2==0).map!int(i=>i*2).toArray.writeln();
}

```

It works properly... until I remove the ```!int``` from the ```filter``` method.

```
main.d(3,38): Error: none of the overloads of template `filter` are callable using argument types `!()(IIterable!int, void)` iterable.d(21,13): Candidates are: `filter(S)(IIterable!S source, bool delegate(S item) predicate)` iterable.d(23,13): `filter(S)(S[] source, bool delegate(S item) predicate)`
```

Basically, it doesn't know witch version of ```filter``` to use, because it is inferring `i=>i%2==0` is `void` ?!?!?!

```
!()(IIterable!int, void)
```

If I explicitly write `(int i)=>i%2==0`, it compiles correctly again.

**Is it mandatory to explicitly tell that `S` is `int` when ```IIterable!S source``` is `IIterable!int` alredy?**









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