I just had a need for this but couldn't find it in Phobos:

import std.stdio;
import std.traits;
import std.range;

template SwapElem(Arr, Type)
{
    static if (isArray!(ElementType!Arr))
    {
        static if (isDynamicArray!Arr)
            alias SwapElem!(ElementType!Arr, Type)[] SwapElem;
        else
            alias SwapElem!(ElementType!Arr, Type)[Arr.length] SwapElem;
    }
    else
    {
        static if (isDynamicArray!Arr)
            alias Type[] SwapElem;
        else
            alias Type[Arr.length] SwapElem;
    }
}

void main()
{
    alias int[2][1] IntArr;
    alias SwapElem!(IntArr, float) FloatArr;
    writeln(typeid(FloatArr));  // float[2][1]
}

It doesn't handle complex declarations like "int[2]*[1]". It seems hard to do since I can't pass a naked pointer as a type to a template. Some other clever tricks would have to be used here. But it's a worthy start. If you can improve it feel free to do so. :)

On 06/18/2012 06:29 PM, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
> I just had a need for this but couldn't find it in Phobos:
>
> import std.stdio;
> import std.traits;
> import std.range;
>
> template SwapElem(Arr, Type)
> {
>      static if (isArray!(ElementType!Arr))
>      {
>          static if (isDynamicArray!Arr)
>              alias SwapElem!(ElementType!Arr, Type)[] SwapElem;
>          else
>              alias SwapElem!(ElementType!Arr, Type)[Arr.length] SwapElem;
>      }
>      else
>      {
>          static if (isDynamicArray!Arr)
>              alias Type[] SwapElem;
>          else
>              alias Type[Arr.length] SwapElem;
>      }
> }
>
> void main()
> {
>      alias int[2][1] IntArr;
>      alias SwapElem!(IntArr, float) FloatArr;
>      writeln(typeid(FloatArr));  // float[2][1]
> }
>
> It doesn't handle complex declarations like "int[2]*[1]". It seems
> hard to do since I can't pass a naked pointer as a type to a template.
> Some other clever tricks would have to be used here. But it's a worthy
> start. If you can improve it feel free to do so. :)

template SwapElem(A, E){
    static if(is(A X:X[N],size_t N)) alias SwapElem!(X,E)[N] R;
    else static if(is(A X:X[])) alias SwapElem!(X,E)[] R;
    else static if(is(A X:X*)) alias SwapElem!(X,E)* R;
    else alias E R;
    alias R SwapElem;
}

pragma(msg, SwapElem!(int[]*[3][]*[2][]*[1][], float));

On 6/18/12, Timon Gehr <timon.gehr@gmx.ch> wrote:
> template SwapElem(A, E){
>      static if(is(A X:X[N],size_t N)) alias SwapElem!(X,E)[N] R;
>      else static if(is(A X:X[])) alias SwapElem!(X,E)[] R;
>      else static if(is(A X:X*)) alias SwapElem!(X,E)* R;
>      else alias E R;
>      alias R SwapElem;
> }
>
> pragma(msg, SwapElem!(int[]*[3][]*[2][]*[1][], float));
>

Niiiice! Did you just come up with this right now? :D

On 06/19/2012 12:01 AM, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
> On 6/18/12, Timon Gehr<timon.gehr@gmx.ch>  wrote:
>> template SwapElem(A, E){
>>       static if(is(A X:X[N],size_t N)) alias SwapElem!(X,E)[N] R;
>>       else static if(is(A X:X[])) alias SwapElem!(X,E)[] R;
>>       else static if(is(A X:X*)) alias SwapElem!(X,E)* R;
>>       else alias E R;
>>       alias R SwapElem;
>> }
>>
>> pragma(msg, SwapElem!(int[]*[3][]*[2][]*[1][], float));
>>
>
> Niiiice! Did you just come up with this right now? :D

Indeed. If you are interested, I'll make it work with qualified types as well. =)

On 6/19/12, Timon Gehr <timon.gehr@gmx.ch> wrote:
> Indeed. If you are interested, I'll make it work with qualified types as well. =)

I thought it already does?

On 6/19/12, Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrovich@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/19/12, Timon Gehr <timon.gehr@gmx.ch> wrote:
>> Indeed. If you are interested, I'll make it work with qualified types as well. =)
>
> I thought it already does?
>

Oh you meant to *keep* the qualifier, yeah.

On 6/19/12, Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrovich@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/19/12, Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrovich@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 6/19/12, Timon Gehr <timon.gehr@gmx.ch> wrote:
>>> Indeed. If you are interested, I'll make it work with qualified types as well. =)
>>
>> I thought it already does?
>>
>
> Oh you meant to *keep* the qualifier, yeah.
>

Well since you conveniently use the "R" alias, I think all that's needed is this at the end:

    static if (is(A T == const))
        alias const(R) SwapElem;
    else
        alias R SwapElem;