Thread overview
how to shorten templates structs name?
Oct 10, 2017
drug
Oct 10, 2017
Daniel Kozak
Oct 10, 2017
Ali Çehreli
October 10, 2017
using classes I can make an inherited class of templated class and avoid too long mangled name:
```
class TemplatedClass(A, Very, Much, Args, Here) { ... }

class ShortenClass : TemplatedClass!(A,Very, Much, Args, Here) { ... };
```
Now ShortenClass has a nice mangling.

What can be done in case of struct?
October 10, 2017
Use alias this

Dne 10. 10. 2017 1:30 odpoledne napsal uživatel "drug via Digitalmars-d-learn" <digitalmars-d-learn@puremagic.com>:

> using classes I can make an inherited class of templated class and avoid
> too long mangled name:
> ```
> class TemplatedClass(A, Very, Much, Args, Here) { ... }
>
> class ShortenClass : TemplatedClass!(A,Very, Much, Args, Here) { ... };
> ```
> Now ShortenClass has a nice mangling.
>
> What can be done in case of struct?
>


October 10, 2017
On 10/10/2017 04:30 AM, drug wrote:
> using classes I can make an inherited class of templated class and avoid
> too long mangled name:
> ```
> class TemplatedClass(A, Very, Much, Args, Here) { ... }
>
> class ShortenClass : TemplatedClass!(A,Very, Much, Args, Here) { ... };
> ```
> Now ShortenClass has a nice mangling.
>
> What can be done in case of struct?

I think an alias is more suitable here for both classes and structs:

alias ShortenClass = TemplatedClass!(int,bool, float, ubyte, string);

Ali