Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:21:04 -0700, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: > Sergey Gromov wrote: >> Thu, 12 Mar 2009 06:33:34 -0700, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I'm looking for a catchy phrase denoting this D idiom: >>> >>> template Blah(Stuff) >>> { >>> alias ... Blah; >>> } >>> >>> i.e., defining inside a template a symbol of the same name as the >>> template itself. Then you can use Blah!(X, Y) to mean Blah!(X, Y).Blah. >>> >>> What would be a catchy, descriptive, and memorable phrase for this? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Andrei >> >> maybe parametrized alias > > That sounds good but (I'm saying this to all others who focused on > "alias") - the inner name doesn't have to be an alias. > > Andrei
template shortcut?