> So what D has is basically the ability to do type inferences in one > direction.
To be fair, D can do some other kinds of inference too, as in selecting template type parameters using IFTI, and inferring which overload of a function you want based on argument types, and the is() expression can do some type deduction tricks too. I'm curious if such strong type inference ideas could improve D. It's interesting, but really the example I came up with above has done little to convice me of the value. So I'm also hoping, Bearophile, that you can provide some convincing examples of the power of stronger type inference. --bb
