match

Calls a type-appropriate function with the value held in a SumType.

For each possible type the SumType can hold, the given handlers are checked, in order, to see whether they accept a single argument of that type. The first one that does is chosen as the match for that type.

Every type must have a matching handler, and every handler must match at least one type. This is enforced at compile time.

Handlers may be functions, delegates, or objects with opCall overloads. If a function with more than one overload is given as a handler, all of the overloads are considered as potential matches.

Templated handlers are also accepted, and will match any type for which they can be implicitly instantiated. See "Introspection-based matching" for an example of templated handler usage.

template match(handlers...)
match
(
Self
)
(
auto ref Self self
)
if (
is(Self : SumType!TypeArgs,
TypeArgs...
)
)

Members

Functions

match
auto match(Self self)

The actual match function.

Return Value

The value returned from the handler that matches the currently-held type.

See Also

std.variant.visit

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