Re: new A().b() currently requires extra brackets/parentheses

[Nick Treleaven]

On 09/09/2012 18:25, Philippe Sigaud wrote:
On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 5:16 PM, Nick Treleaven <ntrel-pub...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Maybe you could use a template:

auto create(T, Args...)(Args args)
{
     return new T(args);
}

class A
{
     int i;
     this(int i){this.i = i;}
}

import std.stdio;

void main()
{
     create!A(5).i.writeln();
}

A generic 'create' template would be good for generic code: on a
reference type, use 'new' and pass args, whereas for a value type, use
the type directly. Of course, this should manage builtins (like int,
int[], int[3]) correctly.

I assumed he only needed class construction. I forgot that we already 
have std.container.make (which also works with structs):

make!A(5).i.writeln();

I noticed jmdavis has a pull request for what you describe:
https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/phobos/pull/756