On Wed, 09 May 2012 02:10:12 -0400, SiegeLord <[email protected]> wrote:
For the ignorant: I do NOT mean variadic templates as used by std.stdio.
I note that they are not mentioned in TDPL. What is the deal with them
and their future? I'll be very displeased if I have to recode a good bit
of Tango that uses them if they are removed... None of my attempts at
coding a replacement for them using variadic templates have matched
their efficiency (in terms of generated code size) or ease of use (they
invariably require a shim function).
Not being mentioned in TDPL does not mean it will not be part of the
language. Andrei purposely left out quite a few features and constructs
because they weren't finalized or were in flux.
That *doesn't* really include variadics, since those have been around for
ages.
But I wouldn't read too much into TDPL not including something. And I
would be wholly against D removing D style variadics. Phobos has opted
mostly for compile-time type info over runtime type info, but there are
scores of libraries that use runtime type info. I'd be disappointed and
shocked if that aspect was removed.
-Steve
