On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 7:52 PM, JS <js.mdnq@gmail.com> wrote:

It seems that one must use two templates to process built in times and strings

template A(string a) { ... }
template A(a) { enum A = A(typeof(a).stringof); }

This is so we can do stuff like A!(double) and A!("double").

The problem is when we have many parameters the number of permutations increases exponentially.

Is there a better way to unify the two?

template a(T...)if(T.length==1){
enum a=1;
}
void main(){
auto a1=a!double;
auto a2=a!"double";
}

However:
This syntax sucks.
Why not support the following syntax:
template a(auto T) {...}
with same semantics?

Because this is problematic with more arguments:

I'd like this:
template a(auto T1, double T2){...}

but instead have to do that:
template a(T...)if(is(T[1]==double)) {...}
and it gets quickly more complicated