Mantis:

> Of course, most likely that user already did type check, but if not, 
> this will give less cryptic error:
> 
> Error: static assert "Not associative array: int"
> instantiated from here: KeyType!(int)
> 
> , instead of:
> 
> Error: template instance KeyType!(int) KeyType!(int) does not match 
> template declaration KeyType(AA) if (isAssociativeArray!(AA))

It's a tradeoff. Your custom error message is more readable, but the failure at 
the template constraint causes a error line at the instantiation point. Sadly I 
think there is no solution that solves both problems  (we have stack traces for 
templates, but...).

Bye,
bearophile

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