Can I pass a type, instead of a variable of a type, to a template
function in order to decide the datatype of T in a function?
void function(T)(T x) //works
{
T data;
//do stuff with T, ignoring x.
}
void function2(T)() //hypothetical, specify the type... somehow?
{
T data;
}
void function3(T)(T) //hypothetical, specify the datatype in the
argument list
{
T data;
}
void main()
{
float f=0;
float d=0;
function1(f); //works
function1(d); //works
function2!float(); //?
function3!float(); //?
function3(float); //?
function3(double); //?
}
It seems like this would be a useful construct for Factory
pattern that assembles any class that you specify as long as the
called methods work out. (ala Duck Typing, "if it walks() and
quacks() like a duck, it's a duck")
