Steven Schveighoffer wrote: > What I would suggest is static factory methods. The issue with any kind > of typedef (be it with the soon-to-be-deprecated typedef keyword or with > a proxy struct), is that what does this mean? > > auto obj = new Foo([1, 2, 3], "blah"); > > Is "blah" a filename or a message? > --> Error, Foo (int[], string) does not exist.
> Whereas, if you use factory methods:
>
> auto obj = Foo.createWithFilename([1,2,3], "blah"); // "blah" is a filename
> auto obj = Foo.createWithMessage([1,2,3], "blah"); // "blah" is a message
>
> The code becomes crystal clear. Reduce verbosity as you see fit ;)
>
auto obj = new Foo ([1, 2, 3], Filename ("blah"));
auto obj = new Foo ([1, 2, 3], Message ("blah"));
Jerome
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