Re: Templates and virtual functions

[Walter Bright]

Robert Fraser wrote:

If you're asking what I think ytou're asking; it's already there: mixins

class foo {
     T nothing(T)(T arg) {  // Non-virtual.
         return arg;
     }

     mixin nothing!(int);    // Add nothing!(int) to foo's vtable.
     mixin nothing!(float);  // Add nothing!(float) to foo's vtable.
 }

You can override, whatever with them. You can't use the template syntax to do an override, but... I'm not sure how much of a limitation this is.

Well, I'll be hornswoggled. I never thought of that!