Re: RFC: moving forward with @nogc Phobos

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d]

On 9/29/14, 3:11 PM, Freddy wrote:

Internally we should have something like:

---
template String(MemoryManagementPolicy mmp=gc){
      /++ ... +/
}
auto setExtension(MemoryManagementPolicy mmp = gc, R1, R2)(R1
path, R2 ext)
if (...)
{
      auto result=String!mmp();
      /++ +/
}
----

or maybe even allowing user types in the template argument(the
original purpose of templates)

---
auto setExtension(String = string, R1, R2)(R1
path, R2){
      /++ +/
}

That's correct. -- Andrei