digitalmars.D.bugs - [Issue 18028] New: Allow Unnecessary Template Instantiation To Be
- d-bugmail puremagic.com (38/38) Dec 03 2017 https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18028
https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18028 Issue ID: 18028 Summary: Allow Unnecessary Template Instantiation To Be Dropped Product: D Version: D2 Hardware: All OS: All Status: NEW Severity: enhancement Priority: P1 Component: dmd Assignee: nobody puremagic.com Reporter: jack jackstouffer.com With function templates, if the template argument(s) have default parameters, the template parentheses doesn't have to be specified: ``` void func(T = float)() { } void main() { func(); } ``` However, this is not the case for structs: ``` struct Test(T = float) { T a; } void main() { auto b = Test(); // Error: struct Test cannot deduce function from argument types !()() auto c = Test!()(); // Compiles } ``` There's no reason to force the user to use explicit template parentheses. Please allow these to be dropped just like functions. --
Dec 03 2017