http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=8075

           Summary: Optional parameters should be able to refer to
                    previous parameters
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Platform: x86
        OS/Version: Windows
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: DMD
        AssignedTo: nobody@puremagic.com
        ReportedBy: wfunction@hotmail.com


--- Comment #0 from wfunction@hotmail.com 2012-05-09 18:11:13 PDT ---
void process(R)(R items, size_t maxCount = items.length) { }
unittest { process([1, 2, 3]); }


It would be great if this worked.

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Steven Schveighoffer <schveiguy@yahoo.com> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Steven Schveighoffer <schveiguy@yahoo.com> 2012-05-10 04:58:18 PDT ---
I really like this idea.

But there must be a provision that the expression isn't substituted wholesale.

For instance, your example should not expand to:

process([1, 2, 3], [1, 2, 3].length);

which allocates *twice*, the second time just to get the length.  It should really expand to this:

auto items = [1, 2, 3];
process(items, items.length);

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--- Comment #2 from wfunction@hotmail.com 2012-05-10 15:12:23 PDT ---
Also, not sure if this is a related or a separate issue, but we should also be able to refer to "this" object inside the optional arguments...

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