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5992 :: Is this a bug or a design limitation?

• DeletedUser (orginal) [2020-02-26T15:20:03+01:00] view original

  This compiles:

  template test: bool = true
  
  if not test:
    echo "wtf"
  Run

  This doesn't:

  template test: bool = true
  
  template x =
    if not test: # got template(): bool, expected bool
      echo "wtf"
  
  x
  Run

  Should this work or not?

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• Araq (orginal) [2020-02-26T16:29:29+01:00] view original

  Calling nullary templates without () doesn't work well. Unfortunately we didn't sort this out for version 1. IMO The spec should say that it is only supported for non-overloaded templates. That means your code should compile.

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