Hello,


I'm looking for a catchy phrase denoting this D idiom:

template Blah(Stuff)
{
   alias ... Blah;
}

i.e., defining inside a template a symbol of the same name as the template itself. Then you can use Blah!(X, Y) to mean Blah!(X, Y).Blah.

What would be a catchy, descriptive, and memorable phrase for this?


Thanks,

Andrei

Andrei Alexandrescu Wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> 
> I'm looking for a catchy phrase denoting this D idiom:
> 
> template Blah(Stuff)
> {
>     alias ... Blah;
> }
> 
> i.e., defining inside a template a symbol of the same name as the template itself. Then you can use Blah!(X, Y) to mean Blah!(X, Y).Blah.
> 
> What would be a catchy, descriptive, and memorable phrase for this?

Template forwarding?

Jerry

Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 
> I'm looking for a catchy phrase denoting this D idiom:
> 
> template Blah(Stuff)
> {
>    alias ... Blah;
> }
> 
> i.e., defining inside a template a symbol of the same name as the template itself. Then you can use Blah!(X, Y) to mean Blah!(X, Y).Blah.
> 
> What would be a catchy, descriptive, and memorable phrase for this?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Andrei

Selfish template?

On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 06:33:34 -0700, Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail@erdani.org> wrote:

>Hello,
>
>
>I'm looking for a catchy phrase denoting this D idiom:
>
>template Blah(Stuff)
>{
>    alias ... Blah;
>}
>
>i.e., defining inside a template a symbol of the same name as the template itself. Then you can use Blah!(X, Y) to mean Blah!(X, Y).Blah.
>
>What would be a catchy, descriptive, and memorable phrase for this?
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>Andrei

Reciprocal template declaration?

Gide

Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 
> I'm looking for a catchy phrase denoting this D idiom:
> 
> template Blah(Stuff)
> {
>    alias ... Blah;
> }
> 
> i.e., defining inside a template a symbol of the same name as the template itself. Then you can use Blah!(X, Y) to mean Blah!(X, Y).Blah.
> 
> What would be a catchy, descriptive, and memorable phrase for this?

Template identity definition?

Sean Kelly wrote:
> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>> I'm looking for a catchy phrase denoting this D idiom:
>>
>> template Blah(Stuff)
>> {
>>    alias ... Blah;
>> }
>>
>> i.e., defining inside a template a symbol of the same name as the template itself. Then you can use Blah!(X, Y) to mean Blah!(X, Y).Blah.
>>
>> What would be a catchy, descriptive, and memorable phrase for this?
> 
> Template identity definition?

Oh, and should this actually be:

template Blah(Stuff)
{
    alias ... this;
}

I thought that was the new syntax.

On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:01:21 -0400, Sean Kelly <sean@invisibleduck.org> wrote:

> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> Hello,
>>   I'm looking for a catchy phrase denoting this D idiom:
>>  template Blah(Stuff)
>> {
>>    alias ... Blah;
>> }
>>  i.e., defining inside a template a symbol of the same name as the template itself. Then you can use Blah!(X, Y) to mean Blah!(X, Y).Blah.
>>  What would be a catchy, descriptive, and memorable phrase for this?
>
> Template identity definition?

Sounds good.

I think Template Identity sounds good too.

-Steve

eponymous alias?

--bb

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 12:55 AM, Steven Schveighoffer <schveiguy@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:01:21 -0400, Sean Kelly <sean@invisibleduck.org> wrote:
>
>> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>  I'm looking for a catchy phrase denoting this D idiom:
>>>  template Blah(Stuff)
>>> {
>>>   alias ... Blah;
>>> }
>>>  i.e., defining inside a template a symbol of the same name as the
>>> template itself. Then you can use Blah!(X, Y) to mean Blah!(X, Y).Blah.
>>>  What would be a catchy, descriptive, and memorable phrase for this?
>>
>> Template identity definition?
>
> Sounds good.
>
> I think Template Identity sounds good too.
>
> -Steve
>

eponymous alias?

--bb

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 12:55 AM, Steven Schveighoffer <schveiguy@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:01:21 -0400, Sean Kelly <sean@invisibleduck.org> wrote:
>
>> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>  I'm looking for a catchy phrase denoting this D idiom:
>>>  template Blah(Stuff)
>>> {
>>>   alias ... Blah;
>>> }
>>>  i.e., defining inside a template a symbol of the same name as the
>>> template itself. Then you can use Blah!(X, Y) to mean Blah!(X, Y).Blah.
>>>  What would be a catchy, descriptive, and memorable phrase for this?
>>
>> Template identity definition?
>
> Sounds good.
>
> I think Template Identity sounds good too.
>
> -Steve
>

Reply to Andrei,

> Hello,
> 
> I'm looking for a catchy phrase denoting this D idiom:
> 
> template Blah(Stuff)
> {
> alias ... Blah;
> }
> i.e., defining inside a template a symbol of the same name as the
> template itself. Then you can use Blah!(X, Y) to mean Blah!(X,
> Y).Blah.
> 
> What would be a catchy, descriptive, and memorable phrase for this?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Andrei
> 

Template ALIASING -> taliasing or tail-asing