On 12/21/15 12:03 PM, anonymous wrote:
On 21.12.2015 17:02, Shriramana Sharma wrote:
https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/phobos/blob/master/std/conv.d#L878
The `static if` condition here says if something is a pointer and if
it is
implicitly convertible to const(char)*. The isPointer! part seems
superfluous. Is there something that is not a pointer yet implicitly
convertible to const(char)*?
A struct/class with an `alias this` to a `const(char)*`:
----
import std.traits: isPointer;
struct S
{
const(char)* ptr;
alias ptr this;
}
static assert(!isPointer!S && is(S : const(char)*)); /* passes */
----
This seems like an incorrect feature then. Why wouldn't I want S to be
treated like any other const(char)*? Seems like it's explicitly saying
"treat this like a const(char)*"
-Steve
