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digitalmars.D.learn - C++ static-if; how is it so different?

reply "lobo" <swamplobo gmail.com> writes:
C++17 is looking more and more like D everyday, just with a noisy 
and messy syntax. I found this proposal of interest:

http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2015/n4461

Especially this comment in the last paragraph:


 ...since it's not identical or even very similar to the static 
 if in D, ...


I don't quite get this because to me it seems to be simply a 
subset of the D feature. Also the examples shown are basically 
how I use the D static-if now.

If anyone knows why the proposal claims to be so different from 
D's static-if (modulo the restrictions mentioned) I'd be 
interested to know why.


Thanks,
lobo
Jun 06 2015
parent reply "Dennis Ritchie" <dennis.ritchie mail.ru> writes:
On Sunday, 7 June 2015 at 02:38:57 UTC, lobo wrote:

 If anyone knows why the proposal claims to be so different from 
 D's static-if (modulo the restrictions mentioned) I'd be 
 interested to know why.


http://forum.dlang.org/post/mke22o$2l9i$1 digitalmars.com
Jun 07 2015
parent "lobo" <swamplobo gmail.com> writes:
On Sunday, 7 June 2015 at 09:00:29 UTC, Dennis Ritchie wrote:

 On Sunday, 7 June 2015 at 02:38:57 UTC, lobo wrote:

 If anyone knows why the proposal claims to be so different 
 from D's static-if (modulo the restrictions mentioned) I'd be 
 interested to know why.


 http://forum.dlang.org/post/mke22o$2l9i$1 digitalmars.com


Thanks for the link ... I should search before posting :)

bye,
lobo
Jun 07 2015