Re: Real naive template question

[Nicholas Wilson via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Monday, 14 August 2017 at 00:44:05 UTC, WhatMeForget wrote:

module block_template;

void main()
{
template BluePrint(T, U)
{
T integer;
U floatingPoint;
}

BluePrint!(int, float);
}

// DMD returns
// template.d(13): Error: BluePrint!(int, float) has no effect

// I was expecting something like the following to be created 
after compilation:


module block_template;

void main()
{
{
int integer;
float floatingPoint;
}
}


I realize this is a corner case, but shouldn't the 
BluePrint!(int, float); statement blindly create a block of 
code?


you want https://dlang.org/spec/template-mixin.html

Real naive template question

[WhatMeForget via Digitalmars-d-learn]

module block_template;

void main()
{
template BluePrint(T, U)
{
T integer;
U floatingPoint;
}

BluePrint!(int, float);
}

// DMD returns
// template.d(13): Error: BluePrint!(int, float) has no effect

// I was expecting something like the following to be created 
after compilation:


module block_template;

void main()
{
{
int integer;
float floatingPoint;
}
}


I realize this is a corner case, but shouldn't the 
BluePrint!(int, float); statement blindly create a block of code?