On Mon, 13 Jul 2015 06:49:09 +0000, Yuxuan Shui wrote:

> The main reason here is to use '==' in @safe code:
> 
> class A {
>       override @safe bool opEquals(Object o) {
>               return cast(A)o !is null;
>       }
> }
> @safe void main() {
>       A a = new A;
>       A b = new A;
>       a == b;
> }
> 
> This doesn't compile in current D, because objects.opEquals takes two
> Object, and Object.opEquals is not @safe.
> 
> Why can't we have a template objects.opEquals?
> 
> auto opEquals(T, S)(T a, S b) { ... }

'case templates can't be virtual functions, so the following will not 
work:

  bool cmp (Object a, Object b) { return a.opQeuals(b); }

  MyObj a, b;

  cmp(a, b);

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