On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 9:01 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu < seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org> wrote:
> On 10/16/10 2:30 CDT, Christof Schardt wrote: > >> auto d = duck!Drawable(c); // awes >>> >> >> What about "as" ? >> >> auto d = as!Drawable(c); >> > > Nice too, and evokes "to". "to" was a success in spite of the fact that > it's difficult to talk about (e.g. "Could you use 'to'?" "To what?" etc). I > still prefer "duck" because it doesn't have this problem. > > > Speaking of which, it looks like std.conv is a good place to put duck in. > > > Andrei > > Hmm.. I was going to suggest /dev/null but I suppose that works too. If we have to have it, I would vote for "as" over "duck" simply because duck can be interpreted either a noun with only metaphorical relevance or as a verb with no relevance at all. On the other hand, "as" is simple and gets the point across.
