On Tue, May 03, 2022 at 04:38:23PM +0000, cc via Digitalmars-d-learn wrote:
> On Tuesday, 3 May 2022 at 15:08:53 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> > class Base : Serializable!(Base) { ... }
> > class Derived : Serializable!(Base, Derived) { ... }
>
> This is really interesting syntax, I'm surprised that works!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curiously_recurring_template_pattern
It's a bit counterintuitive at first, but once you "get" how it works,
it's an extremely powerful technique for leveraging D's compile-time
introspection capabilities. And translating compile-time information
into runtime using static this(). ;-)
T
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