On 12/27/2010 07:09 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
On 12/27/10 2:19 AM, Gour wrote:
On Sun, 26 Dec 2010 14:33:25 -0600
"Seth" == Seth Hoenig<seth.a.hoe...@gmail.com> wrote:
Seth> This is certainly a personal preference, but I would add static
Seth> typing to that list.
+1
Conversely, I wonder how we can improve the dynamic typing capabilities
of D. For example, I'd be very interested in hearing experience with
using Variant almost exclusively as the type of choice.
Andrei
I have had some experience with Qt's analogue of Variant - QVariant.
Variant looks superior to QVariant in almost all respects. Where it is
lacking is implicit conversions from static types:
void foo(Variant v);
foo(1);
Quite a nuisance if one wants to use Variant exclusively.
Another QVariant feature I would like to see in Variant is a constructor
taking the type descriptor and a void pointer to the value. For example,
it is needed for constructing Variants from variadic arguments.
