...looks interesting. However this may not be RAII after all. Or may be too much...

...of https://w0rp.com/blog/post/an-raii-constructor-by-another-name-is-just-as...

Wrt. the special name, that's obviously extremely useful for generic templates (containers etc.).

Sorry but this is just completely wrong. RAII is all about me NOT having to...

A constructor is just a factory function with a special name... it is almost equal...

static opCall() is the way to emulate an argumentless struct constructor. You still need to...

That's not elegant. You need a factory function for each type containing one of...

Arun Chandrasekaran wrote:
why not static method or free function that returns struct? due to...

I'm trying to write an RAII wrapper on Linux.

I understand struct in D...

...no manual management, no RAII or destructors etc.
- Manual GC, RAII and destructors, smart pointers...