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by gallier2 2245 days ago
No. It is known at compile time.

Template declarations in D take 2 parameter lists. The first is the template parameters the second the runtime parameter: in auto whatDoesItReturn(int i)() { static if (i == 0) { return int.init; } else { return string.init; } }

we have (int i) as template parameter and () as an empty runtime parameter. In C++ syntax whatDoesItReturn<int i>()

at instanciation the syntax is different:

whatDoesItReturn!0() will instantiate a function returning an int

whatDoesItReturn!42() will instantiate a function returning a string.