Re: std.stdio overhaul by Steve Schveighoffer

[Simen Kjaeraas]

On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:17:51 +0200, Steven Schveighoffer  
<schvei...@yahoo.com> wrote:

I wonder if there's a way to give the option of using a template  
parameter or using a positional parameter without having two different  
symbol names.  hm...

openFile!(string modedefault = "r")(string filename, string mode =  
modedefault) if (isValidOpenMode(modedefault))
{
    if(!isValidOpenMode(mode))
       throw new Exception("invalid file open mode: " ~ mode);
    ...
}

Would that work?

Neat! And yes, it certainly does work. I'm still unsure when someone
will actually need to specify that at runtime, but maybe for scripting
languages?

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  Simen