any opIndex(char[] key)
{
  if(auto x=key in strarr)
    return cast(char[])*x;
  else if(auto y=key in intarr)
    return cast(int)*y;
  else if(auto z=key in bolarr)
    return cast(bool)*z;
  else
    throw new Exception("key not found: '" ~ key ~"'";
}

but we have 'Box' in std.boxer.

nojoking wrote:
> any opIndex(char[] key)
> {
>   if(auto x=key in strarr)
>     return cast(char[])*x;
>   else if(auto y=key in intarr)
>     return cast(int)*y;
>   else if(auto z=key in bolarr)
>     return cast(bool)*z;
>   else
>     throw new Exception("key not found: '" ~ key ~"'";
> }

That's because D isn't a dynamically-typed language.

Stewart.

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Tom S wrote:
> but we have 'Box' in std.boxer.
Is it still broken, btw?  I'm still using dmd 0.160, so I'm just curious.

>> nojoking wrote:
>> We have 'void' (no type),but we don't have 'any' (any type).

Ehm... We have 'Any' type --> please see announcement newsgroup :-)

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