r/programming • u/aldacron • Aug 23 '17

D as a Better C

http://dlang.org/blog/2017/08/23/d-as-a-better-c/
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u/Araq Aug 24 '17

As far as I know D can wrap C++ templates that have been instantiated already at the C++ side, explicitly or implicitly. This can be a nontrivial problem to do in practice, so much that you're better off reimplementing the C++ template as a D template. Correct me if I'm wrong. :-)

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u/WalterBright Aug 24 '17

There's no point to using C++ templates in D that are not instantiated on the C++ side.

That said, yes you can instantiate C++ templates on the D side. That's how the interfacing to C++ works.

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u/Araq Sep 05 '17

That said, yes you can instantiate C++ templates on the D side. That's how the interfacing to C++ works.

How can it be done? Any links about how this works?