On Friday, August 02, 2013 08:40:51 monarch_dodra wrote: > There was a request for enhancement to provide a "fromString" for > arbitrary types. The idea is that once we have that, then > functions such as parse or to!S(string) will be generic, and work > on mostly anything. Unfortunatly, (AFAIK), nobody is working on > this. > > Here is a discussion I opened: > http://forum.dlang.org/thread/[email protected] > > ...and I just noticed it ends with me saying "I'll try to write a > DIP then :)" and then not doing it :/
What's the point of fromString when a constructor will do the job just fine? - Jonathan M Davis
