alt Hacker NewsIf my understanding of D's template syntax is correct, then Walter is showing a the declaration of a function called ArrayListType which is generic over T and returns a T. The original Zig code returns the struct type itself, so it is functionally equivalent to my example, provided I understood how D templates work.
The Zig code returns any `type`, it's impossible to say what that is without looking at the implementation. It can be different types completely depending on the comptime arguments.
But I agree it probably returns a struct type.
Assuming that's the case, you're right and the equivalent would be:
Zig:
D: But now the D version is more specific about what it returns, so it's still not exactly equivalent.