Re: How does this template work?

[aliak via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Monday, 17 June 2019 at 18:25:24 UTC, Robert M. Münch wrote:

On 2019-06-16 15:14:37 +0000, rikki cattermole said:

observerObject is an eponymous template.

What this means (in essence) is the symbol inside the template block == template block.

Hmm... ok. Is there any reason to have these "eponymous templates"? I don't see any benefit...

Less typing for one. Otherwise you'd have to write:

auto observer = observerObject!int.observerObject(TestObserver());