On Tuesday, 29 November 2022 at 00:50:54 UTC, Paul Backus wrote:
If your goal is to avoid calling the copy constructor (and, I
assume, to avoid unnecessary instantiations of `move`), then
yeah, `isPOD` is the one you want.
Thanks.
On Monday, 28 November 2022 at 23:11:37 UTC, Per Nordlöw wrote:
the real question I had is whether one should use `isPOD`
instead of `isCopyable` in cases
```d
static if (__traits(isCopyable, Element))
insertAt(element, index);
else
insert
On Monday, 28 November 2022 at 22:59:13 UTC, Paul Backus wrote:
Lots of types. For example, types with copy constructors or
destructors are not POD but may still be copyable.
This should be obvious if you read the definition of POD linked
from the language spec: https://dlang.org/glossary.html
On Monday, 28 November 2022 at 20:58:43 UTC, Per Nordlöw wrote:
For which types `T` does
```d
__traits(isCopyable, T)
```
differ from
```d
__traits(isPOD, T)
```
?
Lots of types. For example, types with copy constructors or
destructors are not POD but may still be copyable.
This should b
On Monday, 28 November 2022 at 20:58:43 UTC, Per Nordlöw wrote:
For which types `T` does
```d
__traits(isCopyable, T)
```
differ from
```d
__traits(isPOD, T)
```
?
I'm asking because I have code like
```d
static if (__traits(isCopyable, Element))
insertAt(elemen
