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[std.range.chain] Use static assert instead of complex constraint #8821
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We can give more precise errors then. I've included a constraint that at least one argument is an input range. This is to reduce the chance of breaking code that uses an overload of chain defined elsewhere.
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@nrtel Keep in mind that there are downsides to converting template constraints to I'm saying that this specific PR is problematic (I haven't had the chance to review it), but I'm mentioning this for your information. |
@PetarKirov I am trying to avoid breaking anyone's code unnecessarily, which is why e.g. I made The other point is that removing constraints means the generic type requirements are undocumented. One solution to this would be to make |
@PetarKirov It seems to me like the kind code that broke in the linked PR—where a user relies on overload resolution to choose between a Phobos function and their own version of the same symbol—could just as easily have been broken by merely adding a new overload of Unless we want to adopt a blanket policy of never adding new overloads to existing Phobos functions (do we?), I think we must conclude that we do not, in general, guarantee backward compatibility for this kind of usage. Now, maybe |
We can give more precise errors then.
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is actually mentioned in this paper (thanks @ibuclaw):https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2022/p2429r0.pdf
Now we get:
I've included a constraint that at least one argument is an input range. This is to reduce the chance of breaking code that uses an overload of chain defined elsewhere.