Here's Andrei's proposal:
extern (C++) template nspace() {
int foo();
}
It would be accessed in D by:
nspace!().foo();
A possible enhancement would be to allow (for all templates with no parameters):
nspace.foo();
Note that:
template nspace() {
extern (C++) int foo();
}
would not put foo() in a C++ namespace, although it would still be accessed from
D as:
nspace.foo();
One downside of this proposal is that if we ever (perish the thought!) attempted
to interface to C++ templates, this design would preclude that.